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  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A0267

    Casey v. State, 246 Ga. App. 786 2000 adversely decided the defendant's contention that the state could not use his incriminatory statement, which officers obtained in violation of his Miranda

  • Atlanta Bread Co. Int'l Inc. v. Lupton-Smith

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A08A0348, A08A0349

    A restrictive covenant in a franchise agreement was unreasonable as a matter of law, because it contained shifting and expanding territorial restric

  • Hyde v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A08A0121

    The defendant was not entitled to a mistrial, after an officer testified that he was a convicted felon, since defense counsel did not renew his motion following the trial court's curative instru

  • Myung-Sung Presbyterian Church Inc. v. North Amer. Assoc. of Slavic Churches & Ministries Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0675

    The trial court erred in instructing the jurors that they could not find for both parties on their respective breach of contract c

  • 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