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  • Hall v. Lofton

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank C. Vann, Camilla, and Robert K. Meyer, Louisville, Ky., for appellant.
    for defendant: . David A. Kendrick Kirbo & Kendrick, Bainbridge, for appellees.
    Case Number: S02A0392

    7-year statute of limitation for action seeking to set aside a deed barred the suit which plaintiffs filed more than 49 years after the execution and recordation of deed and more than 36 years after

  • James v. James

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory R. Miller McGough, Huddleston & Medori, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Billy J. Dixon, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0090

    The husband was not entitled to set aside the judgment of divorce or obtain a new trial based on his lack of notice of the final hearing because he failed to file responsive plea

  • State v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Alvera A. Wheeler, Amira S. AbuBakr, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven E. Phillips, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0264

    Because objective facts supported the trial court's finding that the prosecutor intentionally provoked a mistrial, the defendant's plea of former jeopardy was properly gr

  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Louise Dietzen, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Jeanne M. Canavan, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1710

    Although the evidence supported defendant's felony murder convictions based on aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a first offender probationer, defendant could not be sentenced for bo

  • Crozer v. Reichert

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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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

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  • Ellis v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larkin M. Lee and T. Robert Perkerson Virgil L. Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Thomaston, Daniel A. Hiatt, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    Case Number: S02A0006

    The trial court did not err in finding that defendant voluntarily waived his Miranda rights prior to giving his custodial statement, despite his limited education and ability to read, since an offic

  • Callendar v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas N. Peters Peters, Roberts, Borsuk & Rubin PA, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, 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: S01A1292

    Defense counsel's decision not to move to sever defendant's trial was a matter of trial strategy where it appeared that the co-defendant actually shot and killed the murder v

  • Chaney v. Burdett

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Gaulden Jr., Duluth, and James F. Martin, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. William Haley Buker, Jones, Morton & Haley PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S01G1070

    Deceased partner's widow had the right to compel liquidation of the partnership assets following dissolution of the partnership by operation o

  • Delbello v. Bilyeu

    Publication Date: 2002-02-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyce D. Colmar, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen J. Berk, Decatur, and James T. Farrell, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1733

    Some evidence supported a finding that certain estate assets consisting primarily of brokerage and bank accounts were included within the category of personal property devised to the decedent's dome

  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathy Griffin, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, James D. Lamb, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1669

    The trial court thoroughly investigated defendant's claim of alleged juror misconduct and determined that the juror in question could fairly and impartially assess the evi