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  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence W. Daniel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Fortner and Matthew C. Krull, Solicitors General, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1823

    The defendant failed to stop at a stop sign, changed lanes without signaling, had bloodshot and watery eyes and d positive on an Alco-Sensor

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tawanna K. Morgan Davis Bozeman Law Firm, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Caroline C. Owings, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1960

    The state made a prima facie case of racial discrimination by showing that the defendant used all of his peremptory challenges against Caucasian j

  • Welch v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara M. Collins, Riverdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2295

    The defendant did not show that defense counsel was deficient for failing to inquire into a hearing-impaired juror's ability to understand the witnesses' testimony, since the defendant provided no e

  • Sowell v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren R. Power, Patrick D. Jaugstetter and Lauren A. Thompson Power, Jaugstetter & Futch PC, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph P. Farrell and Kevin E. Quirk Quirk & Quirk, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2109

    A loan modification was supported by consideration and thereby enforceable because in exchange for executing the modification, the bank gave the borrower and the guarantors additional time to pay of

  • Baker v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Citronberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1737

    The state did not introduce improper character evidence when cross-examining the defendant because the questioning was not intended to elicit that the defendant had been incarce

  • Jefferson v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Jefferson, Pineville, proceeded pro se. Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A10A2173

    A defendant charged with failing register as a sexual offender may register in the county of his conviction and file a petition to be released from the registration requirements pursuant to O.C.G.A.

  • In the Interest of R.H., a child

    Publication Date: 2011-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana L. Evans, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, and Joseph T. Justice, Dallas, for appellee. Other party representation: Margret Loutit, Carrollton, and Joy Fuller CASA, Dallas.
    Case Number: A10A2215; A10A2216

    Evidence that the father physically abused his son, sexually abused his daughter, and neglected the children's hygiene supported the juvenile court's finding that the children were dep

  • McGarity v. Hart Electric Membership Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter A. Law and Jeffrey P. Shiver Law & Moran, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Troy L. Greene, Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Green & Peterson, Vidalia, Walter J. Gordon Sr., Hartwell, and Timothy K. Hall, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2069

    Evidence showed the requisite mutuality of interest, advantage, or potential benefit, namely that the plaintiff visited the property in question to assess whether he wanted to purchase it, to suppor

  • In the Interest of D. M.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen M. Reba Barton Juvenile Defender Clinic Emory University School of Law, and Joshua R. Drexler Ford & Harrison LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Elisabeth G. MacNamara, Assistant District Attorney, and Shera' C. Grant District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0021

    The offenses of carrying a pistol without a license and possession of a handgun by a minor di merge because each required proof of at least one fact the other di

  • Vaughn v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Thomaston, and Robert W. Smith Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1658

    The victims' testimony sufficiently supported the defendant's convictions for child molestation and sexual exploitation of chi