• Shahid v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-09
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Phillips, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0668

    The prosecutor was no incompetent per se for failing to pay his bar

  • Ashford v. Van Horne

    Publication Date: 2003-05-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas m. Strickland, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: John F. Lyndon, Athens, Eugene M. Benton and Robert M. Malcom Benton, Preston & Malcom PC, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0698

    There was no evidence that the testator's will resulted from monomania-a condition which causes hallucinations and insane delusions as to only one or a few sub

  • State v. Kell

    Publication Date: 2003-05-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, Harrison Kohler State Health Care Fraud Control Unit, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leonard L. Franco, Atlanta, and Thomas C. Rowsey, Cumming, for appellee in S02G0997. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, and Michael D. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General State Health Care Fraud Control Unit, Tucker, for appellant. James A. Yancey, Brunswick, for appellee in S02G1114.

    Case Number: S02G0997; S02G1144

    The state may prosecute Medicaid fraud cases under O.C.G.A. § 49-4-146.1 b 1 C, in any county where an act in furtherance of the crime took

  • Geng v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie G. Patterson, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, Katherine Diamandis, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Nicholas A. Lotito Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S02A1313

    O.C.G.A. § 40-13-60 is unconstitutional to the extent it restricts a criminal defendant to a bench trial for cases disposed of in traffic violations b

  • Murray v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul W. David, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0519

    The absence of the juvenile defendant's mother during his custodial interview did not render his statement inadmissible where no one prevented the defendant from contacting family members or using t

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  • Ward v. City of Cairo

    Publication Date: 2003-04-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gilbert J. Murrah, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas L. Lehman Lehman & Cauley LLP, Cairo, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0352

    O.C.G.A. § 36-32-2 a, which provides that municipal court judges serve at the pleasure of the appointing governing authority, does not violate the separation of powers doctrine of the Georgia Constit

  • Plyman v. Glynn County

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene Highsmith, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: . W. Gary Moore, Monroe, L. Frey III, Gilbert C. McLemore Jr., Brunswick, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Alison L. P. Spencer and Stefan E. Ritter, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S03A0065; S03X0067

    Laches barred the plaintiffs' suit claiming that the county could not expend SPLOST funds to improve city or state park facilities since the plaintiffs did not justify their failure to file suit unt

  • Geng v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie G. Patterson, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, Katherine Diamandis, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Nicholas A. Lotito Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S02A1313

    O.C.G.A. § 40-13-60 is unconstitutional to the extent it restricts a criminal defendant to a bench trial for cases disposed of in traffic violations b

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tara L. Kneller, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Pawlak, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A1881

    The trial court's error in requiring defendant to introduce a certified copy of a witness's first offender sentence on cross-examination was harmless, given the overwhelming evidence of defendant's

  • Home Builders Assoc. of Savannah Inc. v. Chatham County

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deron R. Hicks and George G. Boyd Jr. Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Jonathan Hart and Emily E. Garrard, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A1291

    A question of material fact remained as to whether the county's fees related to real estate development were disproportionate to the services ren