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  • Sledge v. Peach County

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence C. Collins Collins & Aromatorio PC, Byron, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas P. Allen III Martin Snow LLP, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0356

    In determining a disputed boundary, a fence and hedgerow that were in place for more than 40 years constituted ancient landmarks whose location controlled over the description in the

  • Storch v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis M. Turchiarelli, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amanda E. Persons and Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1671

    The defendant knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily entered a negotiated guilty plea to aggravated assault with intent to commit

  • Zachery v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Jennifer M. Daniels Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1794

    The trial court did not err in failing to instruct the jury sua sponte to disregard improper comments about a co-defendant's guilty plea made during the state's opening statement, because the defend

  • Rhodes v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter M. Zeliff Head, Thomas, Webb & Willis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven L. Harris, Solicitor General, and Joseph B. Myers Jr., Assistant Solicitor, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2028

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion for discharge and acquittal following a mistrial after the jury deadl

  • Hanse v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul A. Morgan, Rory K. Starkey and Robert D. Ware County Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew T. Allen, Atlanta, David A. Sleppy, Edward E. Strain III and Lisa J. Bucko Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A0955

    A police officer was entitled to official immunity in the plaintiffs' wrongful death and injury suit arising out of a high-speed chase, because the decision to initiate and continue the chase was di

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melissa M. Nelson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2187

    The defendant was not entitled to the severance of his burglary charges, since both crimes demonstrated a common scheme or

  • Rosas v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Jeffrey W. Hunt, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, and Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1367

    An officer's request for consent to search for drugs during the course of a brief, on-going traffic stop does not, in and of itself, violate the Fourth Amendment so as to make a valid detention "ill

  • Hunnicutt v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Alexander III, Marietta, for Hunnicutt. Richard O. Allen, Atlantic Beach, Fla., for Thomas. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amy H. McChesney and Charles P. Boring, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A05A1981; A05A1982

    The trial court did not depart from a position of impartiality when it interrupted defense counsel to protect witnesses from being dealt with unf

  • Giddens v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin W. Drummond, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1559

    Any error in the trial court's charge on aggravated assault was harmless, since the defendant admitted that his actions would constituted aggravated assault, unless the jury found that he acted in s

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Drew Findling and Cris E. Schneider The Findling Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jewel C. Scott, District Attorney, and Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1491

    The defendant confessed that he was the masked gunman who accosted two employees, forced them into a business office and robbed a movie th