• Triple Eagle Assocs. Inc. v. PBK Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Renee Huskey and Cary Ichter Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ann M. Vaughn, Kenya L. Patton and Jack C. Lance Jr., Blairsville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A10A0988

    The trial court erred in holding that a settlement agreement requiring property to be "marketed" within a "suitable period of time" was unenforceable for lack of certainty and definit

  • Mallory v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance D. Dutton Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Suzanne Z. Brookshire District Attorney's Office, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A1130

    The state did not act in bad faith or knowingly withhold evidence when it failed to timely produce two supplemental reports prior to trial because the it gave defendant the information contained in

  • Worthy v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pandora E. Palmer, Katherine E. Fagan Smith, Welch & Brittain LLP and J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, Jackson, and Jason S. Johnston, Assistant District Attorney, Barnesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A1388; A10A1389

    Defendant's indictment was valid and any error in reversing the denial of his plea in abatement was harmless, even though a jury commissioner and the clerk of the board of jury commissioners did not

  • Naraine v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2010-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Horatio O. Edmondson and Yemane K. Clarke, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Sauriol, Tamara N. Baines and Tressa P. Marryshow City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0862

    The city of Atlanta was entitled to sovereign immunity from the plaintiff's action alleging that the city negligently maintained a fountain and failed to remove ice from a city sidewalk, causing her

  • Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Woodbine, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Diane L. Dodd and Katie M. Udy District Attorney's Office, Woodbine, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A2114

    An unanticipated special condition associated with the defendant's probated sentence did not render his guilty plea involu

  • Doe v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice V. Joseph, Assistant Public Defender, and Craig T. Pearson Public Defender's Office, Reidsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, and Sandra Dutton, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A1793

    The indictment sufficiently informed the defendant that he was accused of attempting ' "to influence the winning of Georgia Lottery prizes by tampering with lottery materials," ' and adequately appr

  • Milligan v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-09-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy L. Spruell, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, and Alison W. Toller, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A1343

    A charge conference is not a stage of a criminal proceeding invoking a defendant's right to be pr

  • Meder v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-09-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Fortner, Solicitor General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Solicitor General, Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0986

    The 30-month delay following the defendant's arrest did not violate her right to a speedy trial under the circumst

  • Crowder v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-09-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin D. Goldberg The Bernstein Firm, Atlanta, and Amanda L. Cosson, Assistant Public Defender, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Susan L. Franklin, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A1601

    The defendant served the state with notice of intent to introduce the victim's conviction the day after jury selection, thus, providing no advance notification as required under O.C.G.A. § 24-9-8

  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-09-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Armstrong, Assistant Public Defender, and Leisa G. Terry, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory W. Edwards, District Attorney, and Jana W. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A1609

    The Court could not address a constitutional question that did not appear in the record and was not distinctly ruled upon by the trial