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Lockhart v. Marine Manufacturing Corp.

Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben B. Mills Jr. Mills & Chasteen PC, Fitzgerald, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert H. Preston, Douglas, and Wallace E. Harrell Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin PC, Brunswick, for appellees.
Case Number: A06A1888

The racist and insulting comments, which defendant's employees made to the plaintiff on four occasions, did not constitute extreme and outrageous co

July 31, 2006 | Legal Times

2005-06 Supreme Court: The Advocates' View

The Supreme Court's 2005-06 term began with a bang and ended with a blockbuster. After a decade-plus of stability, the Court had two new members to unsettle expectations. Chief Justic

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Prater v. State

Publication Date: 2006-06-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. David Turk III Germano, Kimmey PC, Dawsonville, for appellant.
for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Gainesville, and Matthew C. Dalrymple, Assistant District Attorney, Dawsonville, for appellee.
Case Number: A06A1243

The evidence did not support the defendant's conviction under O.C.G.A. § 16-7-60 a 2, which requires the state to show that the vehicle in question was designed for use as a dwelling, since there wa

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Mark Belnick Tells His Story

Former GC of Tyco talks to SuperConference attendees about his indictment and subsequent trial

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May 30, 2006 |

Mark Belnick Tells His Story

Former GC of Tyco talks to SuperConference attendees about his indictment and subsequent trial

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Navarro v. State

Publication Date: 2006-05-26
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymon D. Burns, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Matthew D. Crosby, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: A06A0537

The defendant was not in custody when he answered the officers' knock at an apartment door, invited the officers inside, then admitted that he was at the scene of an aggravated assault and that he s

Daniels v. State

Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Leggett, Conyers, for appellant.
for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, and Kirk M. Thomas, Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1820

The arresting officer had probable cause to stop the defendant's vehicle based on an anonymous tip that described the vehicle in question, its occupants and how the tipster knew that there would be

Holloway v. State

Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Adams Jr., Thomaston, for appellant.
for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Cindy L. Spindler, Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, James E. Hardin, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, and Robert H. English, Assistant District Attorney, Thomaston, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A2112

The defendant did not show that he could have produced an alibi if the state had narrowed the dates in his indictment for aggravated child molestation, child molestation and i

Warner v. State

Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: August F. Siemon III, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, and Andrea A. Newton District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1816

The state failed to lay a proper chain of custody foundation for a blood test, which allegedly showed that the defendant had herpes and might have infected the rape v

Redwine v. State

Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. Shelnutt and David Benjamin Ross Berry, Shelnutt, Day & Hoffman PC, Columbus, for appellant.
for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, David R. Helmick, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Vonnetta L. Benjamin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S05A1060

The defendant broke into the victim's home, held the victim down and boun with duct tape before the defendant's accomplice stabbed the victim, cut her throat and kicked and bludgeone