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  • Kirkland v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-22
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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: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01G0700

    Defense counsel was ineffective for failing to seek to strike eight venire persons who were stockholders of the Home Depot because defendant was charged with burglaries at Home Depot s

  • Shaheed v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Lewis, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Anna E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Daniel G. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1418

    Defendant was entitled to be present when the trial court resentenced him to remove his first offender s

  • Moss v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Alvera A. Wheeler, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S01A1771

    The trial court did not err in allowing a mannequin head to go out with the jury during deliberations since it served to illustrate the medical examiner's testimony regarding the trajectory of the b

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1691

    Defendant told a friend that she planned to kill the victim for the proceeds of a large life insurance policy and offered another friend $6,000 to help her move and conceal the victim's

  • Springs v. Seese

    Publication Date: 2002-01-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Daniel G. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terryl S. Seese, Nicholls, proceeded pro se. Amicus appellee: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S01A1239

    The habeas court misapplied the applicable law in failing to consider defense counsel's reasonable explanation for withdrawing his request for an alibi c

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  • Mangum v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce S. Harvey and David S. West, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0592

    The trial court improperly limited defendant's cross-examination of several of the state's juvenile witnesses as to whether they had pending adjudications that would affect their credib

  • Mitchell v. Mitchell

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Robert Melton Haygood, Lynch, Harris & Melton LLP, Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Karen K. Martin Martin & Martin, Barnesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S01A1177

    The trial court chose the most equitable solution to a conflict involving five children and five lots when the trial court awarded defendants the property upon which their house was located, even th

  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-11-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie C. Weaver, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Kenneth A. Dasher, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1640

    Defendant shot and killed a pizza store employee during a ro

  • Stanford v. Stewart

    Publication Date: 2001-11-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus C. Chamblee Center for Prisoners' Legal Assistance, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Dennis Mullis, Cochran, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1190

    Trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to an erroneous jury charge which instructed the jury that it could find defendant guilty of arson in a manner not charged in the indic

  • Brannen v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Alvin Leaphart, Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Brunswick, John B. Johnson III, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jesup, and Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1116

    The prejudice to defendant's justification defense from the death of a key defense witness was alleviated by the state's agreement to stipulate to the admissibility of the witness's sworn affidavit