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  • Luker v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A08A0283

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing a witness, who was not on the state's witness list to testify, since she was not a surprise witness, she was a key element in the defenda

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A08A0055

    Evidence of the defendant's status as convicted felon was relevant to establishing the crime with which he was charged, since the state had to prove that the defendant was in lawful custody when

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0770

    The total amount of the cocaine, combined with the investigator's observation of traffic to and from defendant's trailer and hand to hand exchanges, indicated that the defendant was distribu

  • Wyche v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A1892

    A nolo contendere plea cannot serve as proof of a prior conviction for a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted

  • Kleber v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2008-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A2160

    The statute of limitation did not bar plaintiffs' continuing nuisance claims against the city of Atlanta and a railway, even though they filed suit seven years after they became aware of the pr

  • Banks v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A08A0213

    The defense knew of a bystander's existence before trial, since his name appeared on the state's witness list, and three other witnesses, in addition to the aggravated assault victim, contr

  • Crutchfield v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A0449

    The court did not err in admitting the defendant's voluntary in-court testimony from a prior unrelated criminal

  • Cantrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
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    Case Number: A07A1594

    Trial counsel's deficiency in failing to object to a portion of the state's closing argument in which the prosecutor discussing attending the funeral of an officer killed in the line of duty

  • Cotton States Mut. Ins. Co. v. Stephen Brown Ins. Agency Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A07A1720; A08A0960

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion when it granted an interlocutory injunction compelling post contract-termination payments from the defendants pending arbitration of the parties' br

  • Kleber v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A2160

    The statute of limitation did not bar plaintiffs' continuing nuisance claims against the city of Atlanta and a railway, even though they filed suit seven years after they became aware of the pr