• Garrett v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Mickey R. Thacker, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A2197

    A metal roofed storage shed that was open on three sides and was accessible from the main building was part of the main building for purposes of O.C.G.A. § 1

  • Clonts v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James R. Osborne, District Attorney, and Theo M. Sereebutra, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A2186

    The trial court did not err in allowing evidence that the defendant told the victim's fianc that he had Xanax since the state's theory was that the victim was drugged and the victim testified that s

  • State v. Vogleson

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Jennifer M. Daniels, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara M. T. Yeager, Ruth L. Rocker and Demetria N. Williams DeKalb County Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S01G1642

    The trial court violated the defendant's right of confrontation when it refused to allow defense counsel to question defendant's accomplice about the amount of prison time he thought he was avoiding

  • Fontaine v. Gordon Contractors Bldg. Supply Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay E. Loeb Olim & Loeb LLP and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James F. Ledbetter, Calhoun, and Jeffrey P. Yashinsky Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0654

    Defendant's alleged guarantee of a credit application was unenforceable under the statute of frauds because the application did not identify the principal d

  • Redi Floors Inc. v. The Sonenberg Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harriet C. Isenberg Isenberg & Hewitt, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay E. Loeb Olim & Loeb LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1841

    Management company assumed personal liability for contract to purchase and install carpeting in apartment co by entering into contract without disclosing to defendant that it did not own the co

  • Nix v. Cox Enters. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T. Garland and Nelson O. Tyrone III Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0070

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that the trial court erred in ruling that a jury issue remained as to whether articles that were basis of attorney's libel claim were privil

  • Ghertner v. Solaimani

    Publication Date: 2002-04-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sarah M. Wayman and John C. Whatley IV, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2306

    A Bet Din is a three-member board consisting of three rabbis and the results of a Bet Din, when conducted pursuant to the Georgia Arbitration Act, are enforc

  • Cox Enters. Inc. v. Nix

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward T. M. Garland and Nelson O. Tyrone III Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S01G0743

    The Supreme Court reinstated the grant of summary judgment to a publishing company and its newspaper on an attorney's defamation claim arising out of two articles that characterized him as a crimina

  • Turan v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip C. Smith, District Attorney, Penny A. Penn, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S01A1649

    Although it initially appeared that the defendant's estranged wife was the victim of a carjacking, numerous items found at the scene indicated that robbery was not the motive and evidence that the v

  • Tolliver v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason R. Hasty, Marietta and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Marie Ashley, Jeanne M. Canavan, Kristen L. Wood, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S00G1187

    Miranda warnings were not required when defendant gave a voluntary statement to a police officer during the investigation of a road rage incident because defendant was not in custody and was only te