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  • Frazier v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Deborah D. Wellborn District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0232

    The defendant could not directly appeal the denial of his motion to vacate and correct his senetnce, because he did not present a colorable claim that his sentence was

  • Hughes v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel A. Summer Summer & Summer, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, and Jennifer C. Bagwell, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1925

    The prosecutor's comments that somebody that's been in the courtroom this week is a liar, a reference to witnesses with conflicting testimony, and somebody that's in the courtroom this week is a mon

  • Feliciano v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James B. Smith, District Attorney, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0388

    The jury could infer from the evidence that the defendant knew that the vehicle he was riding in had a hidden compartment containing cocaine and

  • Belcher v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer F. Arndt, Assistant Public Defender, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1775

    The trial court did not err in failing to suppress the defendant's statement to police, because he officer never promised the defendant a lighter sentence and his question asking if the defendant wo

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice G. Kenner, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Clint C. Malcolm District Attorney's Office, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2107

    Defendant's aggravated battery and aggravated assault convictions merged for sentencing pur

  • Culpepper v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Lamb, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and William D. Hocutt District Attorney's Office, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2138

    The Court rejected defendant's argument that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to strike a particular juror, holding that defendant failed to show how not striking the juror prejudiced h

  • In the Interest of G.A.M.

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Savoy, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Rochelle A. Doyle, Special Assistant Attorney General, Roswell, for appellee. Other party representation: Rebecca E. Capes, Cumming.
    Case Number: A09A2335

    The same evidence that showed parental misconduct established that the child's best interests required the termination of the mother's r

  • In the Interest of D.M.K.

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason K. Hoffman, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox, Atlanta, and Render M. Heard Jr. Carter & Richbourg LLP, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2003

    The juvenile court was authorized to find that the minor's deprivation was likely to continue, if he was returned to mother, in light of her failure to comply with her reunification case plan and h

  • Wilson v. McNeely

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney K. Wilson, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles H. Brown and Laura H. Wheaton, Brown Rountree PC, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2346

    The plaintiff's failure to supplement discovery responses and to submit his portion of a pre-trial order did not dismissal of his complaint with prej

  • Zelby v. Warner, Mayoue, Bate & Nolen PC

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. Berlon, Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry B. McGough and Steven K. Kirson Warner, Mayoue, Bates & McGough, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2311

    The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment to a law firm, because the trial court's March 26, 2009 order granting defendant's request for oral argument contained the date, time and loc