• Stultz v. Safety and Compliance Management Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Owens Magruder & Sumner, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David D. Gottlieb The Womack Law Firm PC, LaFayette, Christopher A. Townley and Thomas F. Lindsay, Rossville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0202

    The non-competition clause in the parties' employment contract was overly broad and indefinite, since it purported to prevent the employee from competing in any area of business the employer con

  • Prudhomme v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelley A. Dial, Public Defender, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Cartersville, and Steward D. Bratcher, Silver Creek, for appellee.w

    Case Number: A07A0736

    The state properly proved jurisdiction for the aggravated sodomy charge through evidence that the vehicle in which the aggravated sodomy occurred traveled through Gordon c

  • Hankerson v. Hammett

    Publication Date: 2007-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Hill Hill & Bleiberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Percy J. Blount Glover & Blount PC, Augusta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A07A0553

    No issue of material fact remained as to whether the employee was acting within scope of his employment when he collided with the plaintiff's daughter, since he was returning from a purely personal

  • Ojemuyiwa v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Greco, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Erman J. Tranjuatco and Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0347

    Evidence that the defendant's breath smelled of alcohol, standing alone, did not support her DUI convi

  • Baskette v. Atlanta Ctr. for Reproductive Med. LLC

    Publication Date: 2007-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Macon, and Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen Weathington & Reeves PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A07A0221

    The plaintiffs untimely filed their claims for professional negligence after the applicable 2-year statute of limitation ha

  • Daly v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph J. Villani, Snellville, and Bonnie M. Smith, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0548

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's constitutional challenge to O.C.G.A. § 16-12-100 d, since the prosecution made the photographs from the child molestation defendant's hard driv

  • Garza v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. David Wolfe, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cecilia M. Cooper, District Attorney, Americus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0434

    Evidence that the defendant moved the victim from a standing position to the floor after striking her in the head with a gun authorized the jury to find that he asported her and supported his kidnap

  • Rogers v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key Sexton, Key & Hendrix PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, Jackson, and Jason S. Johnston, Assistant District Attorney, Forsyth, for appellee. Other party representation: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School, Macon.

    Case Number: A07A0551

    Evidence that the defendant pawned a stolen bicycle in 2003 was admissible at his trial for burglary in which the state presented evidence that the defendant pawned the stolen

  • Dashtpeyma v. Wade

    Publication Date: 2007-06-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Klara and Hassan Dashtpeyma, Marietta, proceeded pro se. Peter R. York Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A0109

    The defendant could not be held liable for her son's actions while driving a vehicle under the family purpose doctrine, since the defendant d own or have any property interest in the car and

  • DeSouza v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-05-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie G. Patterson Head, Thomas, Webb & Willis LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, and Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0256

    The filing of a notice of appeal of the denial of a plea in bar of double jeopardy does not divest a trial court of jurisdiction over the case if the trial court has ruled that the defendant's plea