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  • Pierce v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Fulton County Conflict Defender Inc., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2097

    Evidence of the victim's prior arrest for marijuana solicitation was irrelevant and inadmissible, since she did not open the door to her character when she test

  • Hawkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sammy J. Hawkins, Jasper, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, and Jeffrey A. Johnson Solicitor General's Office, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1232

    Campus policemen of the state university system have the power to make arrests for offenses committed upon any public or private property within 500 yards of any property under the jurisdiction of t

  • Price v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Fulton County Conflict Defender Inc., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0975

    Defendant's void 5-year sentence on a misdemeanor cruelty to children conviction was reversed as it was not authorized b

  • In the Interest of M. R.

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul M. Ledbetter, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John J. Martin, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1059

    Clear and convincing evidence supported the juvenile court's determination that the children's deprivation would continue, despite the father's recent efforts to comply with his reunification case

  • Hutchens v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis M. Turchiarelli, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, Allen D. Morris and Wallace W. Rogers Jr., Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1451

    The jury was authorized to find that the victim's lack of resistance was induced by fear, since the victim testified that she was afraid of the defendant as the result of his prior molestation o

  • Newton v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher P. Twyman Cox, Byington, Cowin, Niedrach, Smith & Twyman, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell and Erik J. Pirozzi, District Attorneys, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1187

    Case remanded for the trial court to prepare written findings of fact as to whether restitution is appropriate under O.C.G.A. § 17-14-1 and to hold a hearing concerning the

  • Dickson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Stephen M. Gray, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0931

    The defendant did not have adequate opportunity to cross-examine his deceased father about his pre-trial statement to an investigator at his bond hearing, which dealt with other issues and involved

  • Griffin v. Burden

    Publication Date: 2006-09-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony A. Rowell and Virginia N. Hall Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Paul R. Ayerbe, Linwood R. Lovett, Matthew M. Myers Lovett, Cowart & Ayerbe LLC, Macon, and George R. Lilly II Alexander & Vann, Thomasville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A1074

    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191; 42 U. S. C. 1320d et. seq. preempts O.C.G.A. § 9-1

  • Peters v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Grimes, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Robert A. Rogers, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1630

    The evidence did not support a finding that the defendant's blood alcohol level exceeded the legal limit within three hours of the last time he controlled a moving ve

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce K. Gray, Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1186

    The victim testified that when she was 13 years old, the defendant forcibly placed his penis in her vagina and made two or three painful thrusts as she fought hi