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SUMMARIES OF OPINIONS
Published Monday, February 6, 2012 Please note: Opinion summaries are prepared by the Public Information Office for the general public and news media. Summaries are not prepared for every opinion released by the Court, but only for those cases considered of great public interest or in which a Justice dissented or the Court reviewed a case from the Court of Appeals. Opinion summaries are not to be considered as official opinions of the Court. The full opinions are available on the Supreme Court website at www.gasupreme.us . FINAL EXIT NETWORK, INC. ET AL. V. THE STATE (S11A1960) The Supreme Court of Georgia has struck down as unconstitutional a Georgia statute on assisted suicide. In a 7-to-0 decision, written by Justice Hugh Thompson, the high court has ruled that Official Code of Georgia

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