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Ward v. State

Publication Date: 2011-09-02
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Smith, Athens, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, for appellee.
Case Number: A11A1426

The state did not violate the defendant's speedy trial rights, despite the presumptively prejudicial 34-month delay between his arrest and filing his motion to dismiss and the fact that the delay wa

Brown v. State

Publication Date: 2011-09-02
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edgar A. Callaway Jr., Conyers, for appellant.
for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, and Alison T. Burleson, Assistant District Attorney, Madison, for appellee.
Case Number: A11A1151

Evidence that officers seized a plastic bag of cocaine from the trunk of the defendant's vehicle, supported his conviction for possessing cocaine with intent to distr

Amador v. State

Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher R. Geel, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Allen R. Knox, Assistant District Attorney, and John R. Edwards District Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A11A0563

Any error in excluding as hearsay testimony possibly implying that the victim's mother had previously harmed the victim was harmless because it was cumulative of other evi

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R & R Insulation Servs. Inc. v. Royal Indem. Co.

Publication Date: 2010-12-31
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth A. Litman, Leslie J. Suson Thompson Hine LLP and Edward M. Newsom Smith, Moore, Leatherwood LLP, Atlanta, for R & R Insulation Services. Michael M. Raeber, William L. Durham II, Jessica E. Sabbath King & Spalding, Michael A. McKenzie, Jefferson C. McConnaughey, Karen D. Fultz Cozen O'Connor, Steven G. Hall Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, Mark D. Aljets Nyemaster, Goode, Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien, Des Moines, Jay M. Goldstein Butler, Pappas, Weihmuller, Katz, Craig LLP, Charlotte, N.C., Paul Hines, Alyssa J. Endelman Denenberg Tuffley PLLC, Southfield, Mich., Thomas Paolini, Dana R. Bowling, Michael F. Wallace Law Offices of Robert A. Stutman PC, Berlin, N.J., and M. Yusuf Mohamed, Oakwood, for Royal Indemnity. Edward M. Newsom Smith, Moore, Leatherwood LLP, Atlanta, for Crane.
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Case Number: A10A1537; A10A1538; A10A1539; A10A1540

While the evidence showed that plaintiff spoliated evidence, and such spoliation prejudiced defendants, the trial court did not err in denying the defendants' motion to for sanctions, specifically d

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

Rivers v. H. S. Beauty Queen Inc.

Publication Date: 2010-12-03
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Boyd and Mary-Dallas J. Roper Reynolds, Horne & Survant, Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: Wayne W. Dempsey Jr., Michael J. Goldman and Brian W. Sprinkle Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A1210

The defendant company did not breach an implied warranty of merchantability because the plaintiff neither presented evidence that a defect in the item made it inappropriate to use for its ordinary

Chatman v. State

Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: George T. Jackson Jackson and Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Larry Chisholm, District Attorney, Savannah, and Cecilia Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A0953

The defendant could not show a reasonable probability that the result of the trial would have been different absent counsel's alleged deficie

State v. Carter

Publication Date: 2010-09-17
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and John O. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Jennifer Lubinsky, Joseph L. Roberto, Dasha M. Jackson, Atlanta, Max C. Richardson Jr. and Heather L. McPhillip, Norcross, for appellees.
Case Number: A10A0954

No evidence showed how long the defendants had been at the search house, if they were there with the renter's permission or if they were overnight guests; therefore, the defendants did not have a re

Thomas v. State

Publication Date: 2010-09-17
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, John J.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Lenny I. Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A1664

The defendant failed to establish that his lawyer would have done anything differently if his co-defendant's attorney had not also worked for the same public defender office or that he slighted the