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  • Cochran v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. McCarthy and Bentley C. Adams III Office of the Pub. Defender, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Stephen E. Spencer and Herbert M. Poston Jr., Assistant District Attorneys, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1700

    The defendant stabbed the victim repeatedly as the victim walked away from the defendant's ve

  • Norris v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Anagnostakis, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrolton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0377

    The trial judge did not participate in the plea process when he responded negatively to defense counsel's requests for assurance that he would not sentence the defendant to more than the state's 30-

  • Thornton v. Mankovitch

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. McDonald Jr. and Jamie P. Woodard Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Roy B. Roberts, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2003

    The plaintiff lacked standing to sue, since the Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee's settlement of the estate resulted in the corporation becoming de

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
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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

  • 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