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  • Carey v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel J. Cahill, Danielsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Carnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1754

    The defendant took a substantial step toward molesting his daughter's cousin when he solicited her interest in photographs of naked women and raised the subject of masturbation wit

  • King v. Goodwin

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig N. Cowart Miller, Cowart & Howe LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Wolfe Chambliss, Higdon & Carson, and Oliver W. Horne III Reynolds, McArthur & Horne, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1595

    The administer of the decedent's estate lacked standing to assert a wrongful death claim under O.C.G.A. § 51-4-2 a, since the decedent had a son over the age of 21, who failed to bring such an actio

  • Oswell v. Nixon

    Publication Date: 2005-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Wise, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward H. Wasmuth Jr. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1410

    Georgia law does not recognize a private cause of action for the alleged unauthorized practice o

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-08-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Orin L. Alexis, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Ronald M. Adams, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1369

    The defendant placed the topic of his parole revocation hearing at issue when he asked the testifying officer about it, so the state was entitled to clarify the m

  • Railey v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-06-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Drake, Grayson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and John A. Steakley, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0108

    The trial court did not err in admitting certified copies of the defendant's prior convictions at his resentencing following the state's failure to produce admissible evidence of his recidivist stat

  • Hunter v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alex L. Zipperer and Eric R. Gotwalt Zipperer & Lorberbaum PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Christine S. Barker, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0442

    The defendant's booking photograph did not place his character at issue, since the jury was told that the photograph was taken on the night of defendant's arrest and not from some earlier

  • Goodin v. Gwinnett Health Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Goodin, Lawrenceville, proceeded pro se. Ashley D. Phillips, Juaquin L. Feazell, hall, Booth Smith & Slover PC, Wade K. Copeland, Margaret F. Blackwood Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Frederick N. Gleaton Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Gretchen M. Holt Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: A05A0587

    The trial court properly dismissed the plaintiff's pro se medical malpractice suit, because her original unsworn expert affidavit was invalid and her amended affidavit was untimely filed more than

  • Stevenson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph W. Jones Jr., Greenville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Robert N. Peterkin, Assistant District Attorney, Greenville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2385

    A grand juror's disqualification is not a viable ground for quashing an indic

  • Wallace v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert J. Decusati McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0157

    The plaintiffs failed to show that the defendant actual or constructive knowledge of the alleged hazard-a grape in defendant's produce se

  • Lenderman v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rhonda Y. Roell-Taylor, Macon, for appellant. Howard Z. Sims, District Attorney, Graham A. Thorpe and Dorothy V. Hull, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A04A1988

    The defendant failed to show how his trial counsel's alleged omissions prejudicially affected his defense, since he called no witnesses at the new trial hearing in support of his incompetency c