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  • Crenshaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Dowell, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0399

    Trial counsel's failure to object to references to defendant's silence did not contribute to the outcome of his trial, given the evidence of his

  • Knight v. American Suzuki Motor Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy M. Budow, Eric S. Fortas and Adam J. Krohn Krohn & Moss Ltd., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jefferson M. Allen McGuire Woods LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2106

    Plaintiff's claim for breach of an express warranty in connection with the purchase of a new vehicle manufactured by d nt could not survive summary judgment, since the evidence showed that the

  • At Sys. Southeast Inc. v. Carnes

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. McCarter Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Allen L. Broughton Broughton & Fernandez, Roswell, and Peter A. Law, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1879

    $1.25 million award to plaintiff for injuries she sustained when vehicle she was riding in was hit by an armored truck operated by the defendant's employee was supported by evidence of her considera

  • Howard v. Barron

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary F. McCord, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert W. Lamb and Hannibal F. Heredia, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A2007

    The misrepresentation of or failure to disclose the zoning on property for sale cannot serve as a basis for a fraud action, because zoning is a matter o

  • Vasser v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2267

    The trial court's error in admitting an in-custody videotaped statement that was taken after the defendant invoked his right to counsel was harmless, since the jury already knew he was convicted of

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah M. Vaughan Novy, Jaymes & Vaughan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey H. Brickman, Acting District Attorney, Thomas E. Csider and Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0777

    The trial court had authority to correct the defendant's original sentence so that it complied with the recidivist statute, O.C.G.A. § 17-10-7 c, because the defendant's original 12-year sentence was

  • Infrasource Inc. f/k/a Exelon Infrastructure Servs. Inc. v. Hahn Yalena Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Sawicki, Scott P. Hilson, Regina S. Molden and Leslie M. Mathis Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for Infrasource Inc. R. Randy Edwards and Drew D. Baiter Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for Hahn Yalena Corp. Other party representation: John C. Herman, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A1896, A04A1959

    There was no actionable claim of fraudulent concealment in a failed acquisition attempt of plaintiff company by defendant, since the alleged fraud occurred during the course of arms' length negotiat

  • Spivey v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Hardin, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert B. Ellis Jr., District Attorney, Nashville, and Timothy L. Eidson, Pearson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2316

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction as a party to forcible rape since she carried her young daughter into the bedroom she shared with the child's father and watched as the father lay o

  • Wilson v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2005-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward A. Miller and Lindsey L. Mehan Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Benny M. Martin B. M. Martin & Assocs. PC, Jasper, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1768

    The plaintiff's claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress could not survive, since she did not allege that the physical impact and physical injuries caused when defendant's automobile str

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ramon J. Fajardo, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, and Leon Jourolmon, Assistant District Attorney, Hartwell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0808

    The defendant admitted that he altered a prescription for narcotic pain medic