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  • Maynard v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher A. Townley, Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher A. Arnt, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1229

    The trial court harmfully erred in allowing the state to cross-examine the defendant about his refusal to discuss the allegations of aggravated child molestation st him, in violation of the rul

  • Chatham Orthopaedic Surgery Ctr. LLC v. White

    Publication Date: 2006-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent J. Savage Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Benjamin H. Brewton Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1381

    The trial court erred in ruling that the plaintiffs, a group of orthopedic surgeons, whom defendant represented, did not properly allege in their complaint and in their pretrial order that defendant

  • Anthony v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wystan B. Getz Oakhurst Law Group of Getz LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1694

    The trial court did not violate O.C.G.A. § 17-8-57 in characterizing the defendant's testimony as evasive and instructing him to give direct responses on cross-examin

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Nigel R. Lush and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1978

    The defendant's plea in bar was properly denied because his trial counsel's decision to request a mistrial was not the result of any improper conduct by the

  • Brigman v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Koontz Law Office of Dennis C. O'Brien, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, and Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1620

    Evidence of prior incidents involving the defendant's domestic partners was admissible in the defendant's trial for crimes against his

  • Buchanan v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Timothy M. Marlow, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1267

    The defendant pulled the phone from the wall as his father was attempting to call 911, pushed his father down and kicked him, breaking five ribs and fracturing his father's collar

  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry R. Pruden, Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, and Layla V. Hinton, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1662

    The defendant's statement, in which he admitted purchasing crack cocaine on the day that his acquaintance attempted a robbery by sudden snatching, was admissible as part of the res g

  • Hinkle v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan H. Remsen, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Suhirjahaan S. Morehead District Attorney's Office, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1111

    The defendant did not show that his trial counsel was deficient for failing to call four alibi or corroborating witnesses, in the absence of any evidence as to who the potential witnesses were or wh

  • Valle v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer S. Hanson Law Office of Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Matthew T. McNally and Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0906

    The defendant lacked standing to challenge the search of a vehicle in which he was a passenger because he had no reasonable expectation of privacy in a garbage bag he placed in the

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony J. Morgese, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Susan K. Treadaway, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2426

    The trial court did not err in refusing to accept the jury's first verdict of guilty with reasonable doubt as an acquittal and in sending the jury out for further delibera