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  • Pareja v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1667

    Evidence regarding the defendant's former molestation of another child was admissible as a similar transaction, even though the prior molestation occurred approximately 26 years prior to the current

  • Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC v. American Safety Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2007-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Williston C. White Williston C. White & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Terry R. Howell and Jonathan D. Kramer Fields Howell Athans & McLaughlin, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1900

    Professional liability insurance policies do not provide coverage for claims arising solely from contractual disputes, which do not arise from the rendering of professional services as an att

  • Rabie v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James E. Barker and James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0940

    The defendant reinitiated contact with the officers following his pre-Miranda request for co

  • Gonzalez v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Bruce E. Roberts, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2392

    The investigator's actions in requesting a lower bond did not constitute a hope of benefit under O.C.G.A. § 24

  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, and Mary K. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0376

    The trial court properly admitted pictures of the defe s damaged vehicle, which officers found in plain sight in the back of his home while investigating the victim's report that he saw the def

  • Ferrill v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Griffin, and Cindy L. Spindler, Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2149

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting certain sexually explicit material obtained from the defendant's home because, in each case, the state linked the object introduced to the c

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Tracie J. Hobbs, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1002

    The trial court properly admitted the portion of the defendant's videotaped interview where he called the child molestation victim "probably honest," since the defendant later attacked the victim's

  • Ford v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0616

    The trial court did not err in admitting the transcript of an on-line chat between the defendant and a sergeant, who posed as a 14-year-old girl, sinc ssion of the transcript was analogous to t

  • Ogle v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey H. Brickman, Acting District Attorney, Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2343

    The state's forensic interviewing expert did not give an opinion on the ultimate issue when she testified based on her extensive experience that the victim's interview was consistent with one given

  • Garrett v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Mickey R. Thacker, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2197

    A metal-roofed storage shed that was open on three sides and was accessible from the main building was part of the main building for purposes of O.C.G.A. § 1