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  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A07A2306

    The state did not ' "use up" ' evidence of the defendant's prior felony conviction to establish a firearms charge, since the prosecutor only offered evidence of defendant's

  • CityplaceHamptonv. Nesmith

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Case Number: A08A1887

    Although trial courts can delay the full implementation of an upward child support modification via a phase-in, under O.C.G.A. § 19-6-15, trial courts must provide for some amount, equal to or

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A2295

    The defendant timely filed a special demurrer to his indictment on charges that he molested his stepdaughter eight days after his arraig

  • Savage v. E. R. Snell Contractor Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A1368; A08A1369

    The plaintiffs claimed that repeat flooding on their property constituted a continuing nuisance and trespass, such that a new cause of action arose with each

  • Wester v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A08A1286

    The trial court erroneously sentenced the defendant as a recidivist under the state's general recidivist statute, O.C.G.A. § 17-10-7, instead of the specific recidivist statute applicable

  • Homeowners Mortgage of Amer. Inc. v. Chase Home Fin. LLC

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A08A0858

    New Jersey procedure allows a defendant to safely obtain additional time to answer a complaint without waiving its personal jurisdiction de

  • Bee v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A08A1480

    Given the victim's testimony, the defendant could not show prejudice from his counsel's alleged failure to sufficiently interview a witness before

  • Sampler v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A2212; A08A2213

    The court erred in failing to perform the required legal analysis before joining the defendant's two indictments for

  • Middlebrooks v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A08A1408

    The defendant failed to show how the trial court violated his due process rights by lay in appointing new appellate counsel, after his prior appellate counsel filed a motion to withdraw, since

  • Stevens v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1581

    The trial court did not err in charging the jury that an aggravated assault occurs when the assault is likely to or actually does result in a serious bodily injury, even though the indictment more n