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  • Perkins v. The Val D'Aosta Company

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin Akin & Tate LLC, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert P. White and Eulryoung Chung Buckley King LPA, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0413

    A factual question remained as to whether the hazard precipitating the plaintiff's fall was readily discernible to him in his exercise of ordinary care and, thus, whether his knowledge of it can be

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Robby A. King District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0331

    The defendant's 30-year sen did not amount to an act of retaliation for his rejection of a plea deal with a lower sen

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1369

    De counsel was not deficient for failing to call a witness who would not have helped the de

  • Humphries v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1132

    The defendant's act of dragging his victim down a steep hill, to a darker and more isolated place, established the element of asportation under the Georgia kidnapping st

  • Northwest Plaza LLC MI v. Northeast Enters Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven A. Suna Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Atlanta, for Northwest Plaza LLC. Tom Pye, Norcross, for Northeast Enters. Inc.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A0528, A10A0529

    A jury question remains as to whether the defendants attempted to conceal a commercial tenant's true financial status, prior to cl

  • Arellano v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0068

    The defendant failed to show that a reasonable probability existed that his trial's outcome would have differed, had defense counsel objected to the interviewing detective's improper testimony regar

  • Worsham v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George C. Creal Jr., Forest Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barbara M. Collins Solicitor's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0530

    The state presented direct evidence of the defendant's guilt with the trooper's testimony that he had positively identified the defendant as the speeder when he stopped him by examining the photogra

  • In the Interest of T. B. R.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria E. Rowan, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A10A1444. Jana L. Evans, Dallas, for appellant in A10A1445. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney Generals, Atlanta, and Andrea R. Moldovan, Special Assistant Attorney General, Douglasville, for appellee. Other party representation: Sonya R. Chachere-Compton and Valerie V. Vie, Douglasville.
    Case Number: A10A1444, A10A1445

    Termination of an autistic child's parents' rights was in th d's best interest, given the mother's admitted drug abuse, failure to maintain stable employment and admission that she lived with t

  • McClam v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standard's Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0197

    The defendant was not entitled to a reduced sentence, after the state declined his unilateral, unsolicited offer to testify against a fellow i

  • Watts v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian K. Ross, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Melanie M. Bell, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1383

    Defense counsel's decision not to impeach the defendant's wife with evidence of her prior convictions was a matter of trial ta