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  • Baitley v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1717

    Defendant who did not call his trial counsel to testify at his motion for new trial hearing failed to rebut the presumption that counsel acted reasonably in not pursing an accidental shooting de

  • Howell v. Fears

    Publication Date: 2002-10-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Balser and Gregory S. Brow McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: L. Scott Mayfield, A. J. Welch Jr. Smith, Welch & Brittain, McDonough, and James R. Fortune Jr. Beck, Owen & Murray, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0136

    A total of 43 irregular ballots were sufficient to cast doubt on an election decided by a 34-vote m

  • Sedlak v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-10-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James E. Barker, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1160

    The trial court did not reversibly err in failing to give a complete charge on the law pertaining to similar transaction evidence in the absence of a re

  • Balbosa v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-10-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Melvin Hyde, Michele C. Ivey, Assistant District Attorneys, Columbus, and Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S01G1726

    The record did not support a finding that defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his right to jury

  • Whitaker v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-10-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy H. Bogartz, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1103

    An autopsy photograph was relevant to show the gunshot wound to the victim's head which was not apparent prior to the autopsy, due to the charred condition of the victim's re

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  • Whittemore v. Whittemore

    Publication Date: 2002-10-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul S. Weiner, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas R. Ballard Jr. The Fears Firm PC, Jackson, for appellees.
    Case Number: S02A1467

    Absent evidence of substantial and permanent improvements to property, a parol gift of such property is unenforc

  • Richardson v. Levitt

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linda J. Spievack and Sidney L. Storesund, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth G. Lindsey and David N. Marple Davis, Matthews & Quigley PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0956

    The undisputed evidence showed that the ex-husband wilfully failed to comply with his oblig to pay for his child's college educ

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam Axam, Adams & Secret, PA, 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 Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0533

    Any error in the admission of the detective's improper comment on the defendant's silence at the time of his arrest was harmless since the comment was inadvertent and unrespo

  • Period Homes Ltd. v. Wallick

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Ratz Gray & Gilliland PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert H. McKnight Freed & Berman PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: George F. Nason IV Lamberth, Cifelli, Stokes & Stout, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S02G0380

    Judicial estoppel did not bar a Chapter 11/Chapter 7 debtor from bringing a breach of contract suit based on his failure to amend his schedule of assets since the debtor did not mislead the bankrupt

  • Hanson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie G. Patterson Patterson & Patterson, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jack Kirby, Solicitor General, and Julianne W. Holliday, Assistant Solicitor, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1079

    O.C.G.A. § 3-3-23 rationally distinguishes between possession of alcohol by a person under 21 years of age in general and possession of alcohol by such persons when prescribed by a physician or prov