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  • Ray v. Carthen

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and James J. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donald B. Carthen, Louisville, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S02A1029

    Notice of a tentative parole month does not constitute premature consideration for parole in violation of O.C.G.A. § 42-9

  • Crozer v. Reichert

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Bowers, T. Joshua R. Archer and Christopher S. Anulewicz Meadows, Ichter & Trigg PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ronald B. Warren Whitehurst, Blackburn, Warren & Kelley, Thomasville, and Joseph E. Stauffer SBA Inc., Roswell, for appellees.
    Case Number: S01A1299

    Defendant was not entitled to summary judgment in the absence of competent evidence that a county planning director did not labor under a conflict of interest in submitting his application for a con

  • Singer Asset Fin. Co. LLC v. CGU Life Ins. Co. of Am.

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph S. Carr and Catrina C. Creswell Duane Morris LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael D. Hostetter Nall, Miller, Owens, Hocutt & Howard, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: James W. Hays Hays & Potter PC, Atlanta, and Stephen A. Kirkwood, Norcross.
    Case Number: S01G1611

    A non-assignment provision contained in a structured settlement agreement barred the sale and assignment of the structured settlement pay

  • GHG Inc. v. Bryan

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent D. Sowerby, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Adam S. Poppell III, Darien, for appellees.
    Case Number: S02A0630

    The plaintiffs' quiet title petition was not subject to dismissal for failure to state a claim where plaintiffs established a claim of current title and met the statutory require

  • Stafford v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Ferguson and Russell B. Lariscy Jr., Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roger G. Queen, District Attorney, Jasper, William B. Britt, Assistant District Attorney, Ellijay, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0690

    Evidence that the unarmed victim approached defendant and swatted at him did not demand a finding of voluntary manslaughter where defendant stabbed the victim with a 5-inch

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  • Fitz v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Andrew Fernandez, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0934

    The affidavit which set forth specific information connecting defendant to the murder victims provided a substantial basis for the magistrate to conclude that probable cause existed to issue the sea

  • Progressive Data Sys. Inc. v. Jefferson Randolph Corp.

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William H. Parkman Griffin, Cochrane & Marshall and Peter H. Strott, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael A. Dailey Anderson Dailey LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Terrence L. Croft King & Croft, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S01G1765

    An arbitration award cannot be vacated based on the arbitrator's manifest disregard of th

  • Peruzzi v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott L. Ballard Ballard & Ballard, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven L. Harris, Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0592

    O.C.G.A. § 52-7-25, which authorizes DNR rangers to stop boats without probable cause to conduct safety inspections, does not violate the Fourth Amen

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William T. Payne, Decatur, and Tony L. Axam Axam, Adams & Secret PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Alvera A. Wheeler, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0229

    The defendant was not entitled to a mistrial after the state injected evidence of an unrelated murder since the testimony was corrected when the trial court withdrew it from the jury's consideration

  • Carroll v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirk E. Gilliard Garrett & Gilliard PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0354

    The defendant's inquiry as to how he would be appointed a lawyer was not an unambiguous request for counsel requiring the cessation of custodial questi