• Graham v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-05-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1085

    Although security officers engaged in the disapproved practice of informing the victim that they believed she had made the correct choice in selecting the defendant from a photo array, their comment

  • Allen v. Cannon

    Publication Date: 2005-05-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gayle Allen, Byron, proceeded pro se. Richard L. Stumm, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A05A0730

    The plaintiff failed to present any evidence that the defendant could be held liable for his brother's alleged sexual misco

  • Dunn v. Kirsten

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip M. Williams, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry Staples, Marietta, and Charis L. Johnson Law Office of Allen & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0453

    The plaintiff failed to exercise due diligence in serving the defendant within the applicable 2-year statute of limit

  • Monroe v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Woodbine, Charles K. Higgins and Leslie K. DeVooght, Assistant District Attorneys, Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0389

    The defendant was on notice that photographs could be part of the state's file, since a police report in the file noted that an officer took photographs at the crime

  • Professional Standards Comm'n v. Alberson

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Penny Hannah State Law Dep't, Atlanta, William W. Calhoun and Christina L. Folsom Langley & Lee LLC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. Dunham, Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0163

    Some evidence supported the Professional Standards Commission's determination that the superintendent of the Turner county school system violated Interim Ethics Rule 505-2-.03 1 n by brandishing a

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara L. Gerwig Georgia Indigent Defense Council, M. Amy Vosburg-Casey, Douglas B. Ammar and David F. Dorsey Jr. Georgia Justice Project, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0617

    The trial court erred in increasing the defendant's sentence after he began servi

  • Burge v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bret E. Rudeseal, Shannon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and John F. McClellan Jr. , Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0550

    The trial court's Allen charge was not coercive and did not place undue pressure on the jury to abandon their convic

  • King v. Irvin

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. King, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas D. Harper Harper, Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0073

    The plaintiff's injury suit arising out of automobile collision was dismissed for want of prosecution after the plaintiff failed to submit any proof that his military duties prevented him from atten

  • Johnson v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Steven Heath and Josh B. Wages Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, Athens, for Johnson. E. Wycliffe Orr Sr. and Spence Johnson Orr & Orr, Gainesville, for Allen and others. F. Kytle Frye III, Rhonda R. Wilcox Fisher & Phillips LLP, Atlanta, for Atlas Cold Storage Inc.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A05A0235; A05A0236

    The defendant was entitled to summary judgment on the plaintiffs' fraud claims, alleging that they were inappropriately monitored while in the restroom at the company he managed, because the plainti

  • Drogan v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-22
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Willis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph W. Powell Jr., Solicitor General, and Diana Slocumb, Assistant Solicitor, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0202

    Defendant's refusal to take a field sobriety test, his refusal to take the state-administered chemical test, the odor of alcohol on his person, his failure to activate his headlights during the earl