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  • Allison v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg, Georgia Capital Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2092

    Defense counsel opened the door to admitting testimony that the defendant's had previously threatened to shoot his ex-girlf

  • Hess v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2380; A08A2381

    The record belied the defendant's contention that the clauses in which he waived his Fourth Amendment rights as a condition of probation were not explained to him either during the plea process or a

  • McKnight v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samir J. Patel Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Cartersville, and Suzanne Z. Brookshire District Attorney's Office, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1912

    The officer legally ed the defendant for a broken windshield and a broken tag light and the defendant gave her consent to search less than 10 minutes after the officer effectuated the

  • Cedartown N. Partnership LLC v. Georgia Dept. of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Wright Gammon Jr. Gammon, Anderson & McFall, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, and Robert M. Dyer Robert M. Dyer & Assoc., Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2266; A08A2267

    The appellant untimely filed its notices of appeal 34 days after the appellee served it with two condemnation petitions and declarations of t

  • Matthews v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
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    Case Number: A08A1020

    The officer did not illegally prolong the defendant's detention, since the officer asked for consent to search, while still investigating the identity of the teenager in the car with the much ol

  • Saye v. Deloitte & Touche LLP

    Publication Date: 2008-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1172

    Statements made in the context of the auditing relationship are conditionally privileged, and may be actionable upon a showing of m

  • Axelburg v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A08A0814

    The trial court erred in not requiring the redaction of certain of the interrogating officer's comments from the recorded interrogation and transcript, since the officer cast himself as an exper

  • State v. Kipple

    Publication Date: 2008-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A2034

    The defendant's admission that he had a knife in his belt gave the officer probable cause to pat-down the defendant for additional we

  • Schofield Interior Contr. Inc. v. Standard Bldg. Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A1026

    A negligent construction claim arises in tort and exists independently of any claim for breach of con

  • Richbow v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A08A1297

    The totality of the circumstances supported the denial of the def 's motion to suppress, including the fact that less than two minutes elapsed between the officer's completion of the de