• State v. Kipple

    Publication Date: 2008-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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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

  • Hayes v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A0084

    Controlling state and federal authority explicitly approve of an officer questioning a motorist before issuing a citation or written warning and compelling a motorist to step out of the ve

  • Hafez v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A2065

    The trial court properly allowed a licensed social worker to testify that she was treating the victim for ' "exhibiting intrusive thoughts and memories of abuse that are triggered by curren

  • Lawrence v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A07A1982; A07A1983; A07A1984; A07A1985

    Under the circumstances, the 14-month delay did not violate the defendants' constitutional speedy trial r

  • Williams v. Whitfield County

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A07A2351

    The county was immune from suit for the injuries the plaintiffs sustained in a motorcycle accident at the intersection of two county

  • State v. Stephens

    Publication Date: 2008-02-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A07A1653

    The state failed to show that the defendant freely and voluntarily consented to search of his blood and urine after he was involved in a fatal vehicular acc

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry L. Duttweiler Public Defender's Office, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, and Juliet Aldridge District Attorney's Office, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A1253

    All p s are required to waive their Fourth Amendment rights as a condition of p

  • Olivaria v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Niria D. Baggett, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A1271

    The eyewitnesses' identification of the defendant was highly reliable under a totality of factors in the trial court's pattern instruction, despite the trial court's error in charging the jury that