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  • Burke v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandi D. Payne Public Defender's Office, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, John A. Fitzner III, Assistant District Attorney, and Mary K. McKinnon, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0319

    The trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress a gun and clothing recovered from a warrantless search of his home, because defendant's wife consented to the search and several

  • Bruce v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles A. Spahos, Solicitor General, and Jefferson F. Upchurch, Assistant Solicitor General, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2111

    In the absence of a transcript, the trial court presumably ruled correctly in granting a mistrial after finding that the cross-examination of a s witness prejudiced the

  • Walsh v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher T. Polillo, Public Defender, placeCityMonroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric C. Crawford, District Attorney, Monroe, and William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2231

    The trial court abused its discretion in denying the defendant's motion for an out-of-time without holding an evidentiary hearing to determine who was responsible for failing to file a timely

  • Bell v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reed Edmondson Jr., Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Clint C. Malcolm District Attorney's Office, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1660

    Trial counsel reasonably decided not to subpoena a witness due to conflicts with the defendant's misidentification de

  • Wallace v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Bradley, Lakemont, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1596

    The defendant's convi for pointing a pistol, merged as a matter of fact with his armed robbery convi

  • State v. Willis

    Publication Date: 2010-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and Leopold F. Joh, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert R. McLendon IV, Blakely, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1615

    No probable cause existed to execute a search warrant on defendant's house after untrue statements were removed from the agent's supporting affi

  • In the Interest of J.S.

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Skinner, Milner, proceeded pro se. Justin B. Grubbs Grubbs Law Firm LLC, Griffin, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A10A0186

    The trial court did not err in denying the father's petition to legitimate, because the father abandoned his opportunity interest to develop a relationship with his

  • Consolidate Pipe & Supply Co. Inc. v. Genoa Construction Serv. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick L. Wright II Vaughn, Wright & Boyer LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Henry Parkman Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and Peter H. Strott, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A2017

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to defendant's, because the plaintiff's Notice to Contractor was deficient in light of O.C.G.A. § § 10-7-31 a or 44-14-3

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Edwards, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0322

    The evidence was sufficient to convict defe for carrying a concealed weapon, because police found a knife when they searched defe

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa L. Smith Public Defender's Office, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Kimberly M. Minicozzi, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0526

    The arresting officer properly stopped Brown for a motor vehicle sound volume violation and the totality of the circumstances gave the officer probable cause to arrest Brown fo