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Goodwin v. State of Georgia

Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Richard Milam, District Attorney, and James Moss, Assistant District Attorney, Jackson, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A2100

The $14,350 forfeiture to the State was reversed, since the hearing on the State's comp was untimely scheduled 63 days after the defendant was served with the comp

Irving v. State

Publication Date: 2013-04-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ray, William M.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Alexander, Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrick Head, D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorneys, and Amelia Pray District Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A2327

The defendant's 40-year sentence on her convictions arising from the beating of her 3-year-old daughter fell within the statutory range for each offense and was not disproporti

Goodwin v. State

Publication Date: 2013-03-19
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler Public Defender's Office, Fayetteville, for appellant.
for defendant: Scott Ballard, District Attorney, and Robert Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A1762

The child molestation defendant failed to support his claim that certain evidence was admissible under the necessity exception to the hearsay rule based on the inaccessibility of the detective who c

Piper v State

Publication Date: 2013-03-13
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rafe Banks Banks & Stubbs LLP, Cumming, for appellant.
for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Gainesville, and Randall Schonder District Attorney's Office, Dawsonville, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A2276

The defendant failed to prove that the State resumed prosecution of his case out of vindictiv

Dennis v. State

Publication Date: 2013-03-11
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell Adams Public Defender's Office, Dublin, for appellant.
for defendant: Richard Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, and John Rumker, Assistant District Attorney, Douglas, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A2396

The defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claim after he was convicted of aggravated assault for striking his work supervisor with a too

January 4, 2013 | The Recorder

High Court Queues Up Number of Post-'Brinker' Cases

In addition to taking cases that present key class certification questions left unanswered by Brinker, the California Supreme Court has also sent strong signals that lower courts have misread

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Glaze v. State

Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Silverbach The Silverbach Group LLC, Kennesaw, for appellant.
for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Atlanta, and Andrea Newton District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A1270

The Court of Appeals affirmed defendant's convictions for rape, kidnapping, armed robbery, theft by taking, and three counts of possession of a gun during the commission of a

Brooks v. RES-GA ALBC LLC

Publication Date: 2012-07-20
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Clifton The Clifton Law Firm LLC, Newnan, for appellant.
for defendant: . Andrew Gebhardt and John Webb Smith, Welch & Brittain, Stockbridge, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A0082

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his admissions, since the motion was untimely, the defendant did not show that the admissions were incredib

Coney v. State

Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony Axam Axam Law, Atlanta, and Danielle Roberts, Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Denise Fachini, District Attorney, Barbara Becraft and Henry Jones, Assistant District Attorneys, Cordele, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A0667

The defendant lost the right to a suppression hearing because his attorney filed the motion to suppress on the first day of trial in violation of a standing order to file such motions within 10 days

Bunn v. State

Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: James B. Smith, District Attorney, Winder, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Jefferson, for appellee.
Case Number: S11G0682

The Supreme Court overruled Division 3 of Woodard v. State, 269 Ga. 317 1998, holding that it was inconsistent, the legislature had a rational basis for creating the Child Hearsay Statute and the st