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  • In the Matter of Thomas C. Sinowski; In the Matter of Steven F. Freedman

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Foy R. Devine, Vivian D. Hoard Taylor, English Duma, and Robert D. Feagin Martenson, Hasbrouch & Simon LLP, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0485; S11Y0486

    Two attorneys, who paid non-lawyer runners for referrals in at least 1376 cases and kept a record of those payments in a runner book, were disb

  • Medina v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard T. Taylor Taylor & Viers, Atlanta, for appellant. Rosanna M. Szabo, Solicitor General, Karen M. Seeley and Ramsey R. Magaro Solicitor General's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1322

    The Mexican immigrant defendant lacked standing to challenge OCGA § 40-5-20 based on its alleged inconsistency with the 1943 Convention on the Regulation of Inter-American Automotive Tr

  • State v. Austin

    Publication Date: 2011-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray, Ann B. Harris, Assistant District Attorneys, John R. Edwards and Anna G. Cross District Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas E. Griner, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0601

    The mere fact that the defendant was placed in handcuffs for his own protection did not, in and of itself, render involuntary his consent to show police the gun he had

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    Asia Deal Digest: July 21, 2011

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  • Infinite Energy Inc. v. David L. Pardue

    Publication Date: 2011-07-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marguerite E. Patrick and Donald A. Loft Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johannes S. Kingma, William D. Newcomb III Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP and Sean R. Smith Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A0293

    The plaintiff timely filed its defamation claim on the first anniversary of the publication, since OCGA § 1-3-1 d 3, as amended in 1985, applies to the 1-year statute of limitation for injuries to r

  • Flores v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher C. Taylor Hernan, Taylor & Lee LLC, Norcross, for Flores. Jerome Lee Hernan, Taylor & Lee LLC, Norcross, for Lopez. Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Sandra G. Rivers, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A1828; A10A1829

    The evidence did not support the first defendant's convictions because there was no presumption of drug posse

  • Davenport v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cinque M. Axam Axam-Roberts Legal Group, Riverdale, for Davenport. Robert L. Mack Jr. Mack & Harris PC, Stockbridge, for Walsh. Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Anece Baxter, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A1750; A10A1751

    The trial judge did not err in commenting on venue and the open-container charge after both the state and defense rested because the comments were made outside the jury's presence, the case was reop

  • Ursulita v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher C. Taylor and Jerome Lee Hernan, Taylor & Lee LLC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Stephen A. Fern, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1733

    Georgia does not recognize an inconsistent verdict rule, which would permit a defendant to challenge the factual findings un ng a guilty verdict on one count as inconsistent with the findings u

  • Triple Eagle Assocs. Inc. v. PBK Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Renee Huskey and Cary Ichter Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ann M. Vaughn, Kenya L. Patton and Jack C. Lance Jr., Blairsville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A0988

    The trial court erred in holding that a settlement agreement requiring property to be "marketed" within a "suitable period of time" was unenforceable for lack of certainty and definit

  • Giacomantonio v. Romagnoli

    Publication Date: 2010-09-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. Gross and Ramsey A. Knowles Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Walter H. Bush Jr. and Christopher B. Freeman Carlton Fields PA, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A1934

    The appellant could ssert that he was entitled to injunctive relief, which would maker parts of the parties' restaurant operation and supply companies' operating agreements invalid, since he di