• Cartersville Ranch LLC v. Dellinger

    Publication Date: 2014-05-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S14A0273; S14X0274

    The defendant had a legally enforceable interest in the mineral rights reserved under the terms of a 1918 deed and a 1983 executor's deed of distrib

  • Wheeler v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-04-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S14A0534

    The defendant untimely filed his motion in arrest of judgment on his convictions for murder and aggravated assault more than six years after his judgments were en

  • Stanfield v. Alizota

    Publication Date: 2014-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Outman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Justin B. Grubbs Grubbs Law Firm LLC, Griffin, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Justin Y. Hester Hester & Hester PC, Norcross. Amicus Appellee: Richard A. Horder Kazmarek Geiger & Laseter LLP, Atlanta, Sherriann H. Hicks The Hicks Law Group, Lawrenceville, and Julie A. W. Wisotsky Wisotsky Law Inc., Jefferson. Other party representation: Anne S. Myers and Lloyd W. Walker, Peachtree City.

    Case Number: S13G0590

    Since the issue of the termination of the father's parental rights was raised for the first time in conjunction with an adoption petition, the doctrine of priority jurisdiction did not deprive the s

  • Young v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edgar A. Callaway Jr., Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Titus T. Nichols District Attorney's Office, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan A. Kolb, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S14A0241

    The surviving victim identified the defendant as one of several gunmen who broke into her home and fatally shot her boyfriend after demanding money from both victims and putting a handgun in the mou

  • Abdel-Samed v. Dailey

    Publication Date: 2014-03-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Carlock and Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . W. Carl Reynolds and Bradley J. Survant Reynolds, Horne & Survant, Macon, for appellees.

    Case Number: S13G0657

    Although the Court of Appeals erred in finding a question of fact as to the applicability of O.C.G.A. § 51-1-29.5 subsection c because the care the defendants provided clearly constituted emergency

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  • Pierce v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S14A0053

    The defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, which he raised for the first time in this appeal, must be pursued in an action for habeas c

  • Rollins v. Rollins

    Publication Date: 2014-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John J. Dalton, James A. Lamberth, Alan W. Bakowski Troutman Sanders LLP, Lynette E. Smith Chick-fil-A Inc., Sidney L. Moore III, and Katie L. Balthrop Summerville Moore PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . H. Lamar Mixson, Timothy S. Rigsbee, and Lisa R. Strauss Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Ean K. Cullefer Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta. Amicus Curiae: Robert B. Remar Rogers & Hardin LLP, John K. Larkins III Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP, James W. Cobb Caplan Cobb LLP, Atlanta, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah.

    Case Number: S13G1162

    The Court of Appeals failed to give due deference to the trial court's discretion to require or excuse an accounting of the corporate family entities held within irrevocable t

  • Rose v. Rose

    Publication Date: 2014-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phyllis R. Williams, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniele C. Johnson, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S14F0181

    The trial court did not clearly abuse its discretion in awarding primary physical custody of the parties' child to the hu

  • Burke Cnty. v. Askin

    Publication Date: 2014-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry A. Fleming and Frank A. Nelson Fleming & Nelson LLP, Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas R. Burnside III Burnside Law Firm LLP, and James W. Ellison Wall Ellison LLP, Augusta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S13A1360

    Burke County's failure to construct, maintain and repair the full length of a public county road over the past 50 years was due to ounty's mistake and neglect, rather than the lawful exercise o

  • Warren v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald R. Roch II and Thomas J. Bowers III Bowers and Roch LLP, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shannon G. Wallace, District Attorney, Cliff Head, Patricia G. Hull, Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Nels S. D. Peterson Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S13A1904

    The act alleged in the defendant's indictment—sending an unsolicited nude image of his genitals from his cell phone to the victim's cell phone—was not criminalized under O.C.G.A. § 16-