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  • Metts v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and David K. Getachew-Smith District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0202

    The state's re-indictment of the defendant on added and modified charges did not violate his due process rights, since jeopardy had not yet attached to the first indictment and the new indictment di

  • Goodwin v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A08A2088

    The defendant admitted that he entered a parked vehicle and unsuccessfully demanded that the driver hand over his wallet, then took another victim's purse at gun

  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-08-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A1373

    Absent a proffer, the defendant could not show prejudice from defense counsel's failure to seek funds for an expert wi

  • Mullis v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A0416

    Evidence of the then 17-year-old victim's fragile emotional and psychological history authorized the trial court to clear the courtroom during his test

  • Brandeburg v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A08A0162

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's demurrer and plea in abatement on basis that the state failed to name the specific victim for a theft by taking charge, since defense couns

  • Hamlin v. Ramey

    Publication Date: 2008-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A08A0214

    The father failed to show that the proportional amount of his parenting time constituted a special circumstance, which would make the presumptive amount of child support exce

  • Boyd v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0250

    The defendant threatened and slapped the 16-year-old victim, while he repeated attempted to penetrate her and the victim's mother testified that her residence, where the crimes took place, is i

  • Warren v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-01-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A07A2482

    The defendant had prior tions in Minnesota for third degree assault, which carried a maximum punishment of three years in prison, thus the evidence supported a finding that the defendant had a

  • Blackmon v. Tenet Healthsystem Spalding Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas D. Trask and David F. Walbert Parks, Chesin, Walbert & Miller PC, Atlanta, for Blackmon. Thomas S. Carlock and Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for Webb and others. Kevin P. Race and Brian K. Mathis Insley & Race LLC, for Tenet Heathsystem.
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    Case Number: A07A1840; A07A2284; A07A2283

    The decedent's mother lacked standing to bring a wrongful death action in state court where the decedent's spouse survive

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-09-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly L. Geerdes Geerdes & Kim, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0913

    In the absence of a transcript, sufficient evidence presumably supported the defendant's convictions for theft of services and obstructing an of