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  • Urapo-Sanchez v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew A. Hothem, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason J. Deal, District Attorney, and Alison W. Toller, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0235

    The undercover agent's testimony that the defendant seemed calm, friendly and reassuring during their meetings and that he never showed any reluctance to participate in the transaction was sufficien

  • Whitesides v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas W. Auld, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and James M. Miskell, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1960

    The record showed that the defendant grappled with the inherent conflict between maintaining his innocence and pleading guilty to obtain the benefits of a negotiated Alford plea, he weighed the meri

  • Blackwell v. Potts

    Publication Date: 2004-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor W. Jones, Jenny E. Jensen Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., William Q. Bird William Q. Bird & Assocs., and Richard E. Harris, Atlanta, for Blackwell. James T. McDonald Jr. and John S. Berry Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for Potts.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A2400; A03A2401

    The trial court abused its discretion in concluding that the legal malpractice plaintiffs were categorically restricted to the evidence already in the record when the defendants represented them in

  • Walker v. Houston

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Madonna M. Heinemeyer and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Freddie Houston, Oglethorpe, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S03A1392

    The defendant did not show that he was prejudiced by his counsel's failure to make a meritless objection object to the introduction of evidence that defendant committed a similar robbery in Fl

  • Rickman v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1134

    A prospective juror's former employment as a police chief did not subject him to automatic excusal for cause so defense counsel was not deficient in failing to move the trial court to strike him fro

  • Blier v. Greene

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Martin Jr. Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild LLP, Columbus, for Blier. Charles A. Gower and Gwyn N. Bunn, Columbus, for Greene. Ray L. Allison Denney, Pease, Allison & Kirk, Columbus for the Columbus Clinic. Other Party Representation: Ronald W. Self Self, Mullins PC, Columbus.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A1144; A03A1145

    The 5-year medical malpractice statute of repose did not bar the plaintiffs' sexual assault and battery claims, which did not involve the exercise of professional jud

  • Brogdon v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernadette C. Crucilla, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, and Myra H. Kline, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1571

    Defendant intimidated the victim while trying to get the victim to give him money under false pret

  • Hunter v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rex B. Abernathy Cook & Connelly, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Elizabeth O. Evans, Assistant District Attorney, Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0005

    A evidence did not support a charge on the lesser offense of robbery since the defendant denied using a knife to rob the victim and the victim's testimony confirmed that defendant did not orally thr

  • Watts v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Jones King & King & Jones PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0929

    The invalidity of a search warrant, resulting in the seizure of DNA ce against the defendant, was res judicata because the Georgia Supreme Court previously held that the state did not meet its

  • Woodall v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Melvin England England & England, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, Cecelia Harris and Wallace W. Rogers Jr., Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0273

    The record did not support defendant's claim that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to cross-examine the child molestation v