• Henderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert Palmour and Steven Miller, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, District Attorney, and Harold Goldin, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2240

    The State proved the defendant's knowledge e ages e children depicted performing sexual acts on DVDs and computer movie files that the defendant possessed, through the admission of portion

  • Bryant v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Hames The Hames Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, District Attorney, and Marc Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2394

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in removing an ill juror during deliberations and replacing her with an alternate juror, since it verified the juror's sudden illness, reported its findi

  • Tela v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dorian Murry The Murry Law Group, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Campbell, Rosemary Greene, District Attorneys, and Jana Allen District Attorney's Office, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2178

    Defense counsel was not deficient for failing to make a futile objection to the admission of voicemail recordings the defendant left on his ex-girlfriend's cell phone, since they were admissible as

  • Gwinnett Cnty. v. Sargent

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael O'Quinn O'Quinn & Cronin, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terry Jackson, Atlanta, Marian Pope Hasty Pope LLC, Canton, and Gary Cooper, Duluth, for appellees. Amicus curiae: Sun Choy Freeman Mathis Gary LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A12A2083

    Gwinnett County's creation of the Automobile Liability and Risk Management Funds did not impliedly increase the statutory sovereign immunity waiver, thus the recovery amount in the plaintiffs' wrong

  • ELLEN E. RHEY D/B/A RHEY PROPERTIES, Appellant, v. CAROLYNE REDIC AND JOHN E. REDIC, INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A VICTORY WARRIORS DRILL AND DANCE ACADEMY, AND VICTORY CHAPEL MINISTRIES, Appellees.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Date Filed: 2013-03-20
    Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, EIGHTH DISTRICT, EL PASO
    Judge: ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-11-00069-CV

    ELLEN E. RHEY D/B/A RHEY PROPERTIES, Appellant, v. CAROLYNE REDIC AND JOHN E. REDIC, INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A VICTORY WARRIORS DRILL AND DANCE ACADEMY, AN

  • Howard v. GMAC Mortg. LLC

    Publication Date: 2013-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A12A1931

    It is well-established that the alleged invalidity of a foreclosure sale cannot be asserted as a defense in a subsequent dispossessory proce

  • Renton v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ernest Napier Napier Law, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Dobras and Kenneth Crawford Tisinger Tisinger Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1713

    The Court reversed the dismissal of the plaintiff's defamation claim arising after the defendant, without any foundation, applied for a warrant to have the plaintiff arr

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Ihrig Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, Margaret Heap, Chief Assistant District Attorney, and Emily Thomas, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2006

    The defendant failed to establish his trial counsel was deficient in his trial for child molest sexual battery and aggravated child molest

  • Mecca Constr. Inc. v. Maestro Invs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2013-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Altman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jason Doss The Doss Firm LLC, Marietta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A2326

    The defendants' explanation for the delay in filing their answer—confusion as to when it was due—did not constitute excusable neglect as a matter o

  • Reid v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-02-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, District Attorney, and Suhirjahaan Morehead District Attorney's Office, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1959

    Even if the t ourt erred in failing to notify the defendant before denying the jury's request to rehear evidence, the defendant failed to show harm as a result of the alleged error because the