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  • Over v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Fortner, Solicitor General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Solicitor General, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2357

    The defendant failed to demand a speedy trial for 22 months after his arrest, was not incarcerated pretrial, was not unduly anxious about the pending accusations and showed only minimal prejudice f

  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher D. Elrod Elrod & Elrod PC, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard K. Bridgeman, District Attorney, Toccoa, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0075

    The jury was authorized to find the defendant guilty of aggravated assault against each person in the group on which Scott opened

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Finnis K. Salmon, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0643

    After the defendant fled the scene of a shooting and tried to hide, police found drugs hidden inside a car's wheel well within arms reach of where the defendant was h

  • McGill v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0273

    The v s sister's testimony concerning the defendant's previous contact with the v was relevant to prior difficulties between the defendant and the v

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Serwitz Public Defender's Office, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Thomas L. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0520

    The trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress the cocaine found on his person after a wrongful police search, because the state proved by a preponderance of the evidence that

  • Lambert v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick M. Scherma, Atlanta, for Candice Lambert. Anthony O. Van, Atlanta, for April Schaub. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, and Dana J. Norman, Marietta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A10A0335, A10A0336

    The defendants entered the victim's bedroom and take money from the victim's w

  • Barr v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall K. Strozier III, Powder Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray and Andrew J. Saliba, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0015

    The defendant had 32 grams of 61 percent pure co on his person when arrested and admitted knowing that the substance was co

  • Bonner v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lark N. Bedrick Public Defender's Office, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, and Gregory W. Winters, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2001

    O.C.G.A. § 15-11-28 b 2 vii grants exclusive jurisdiction to the superior court over trials involving children, age 13 to 17, who are charged with armed robbery with a fi

  • Belcher v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia L. Garrard and Anthony S. Carter Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1965

    The state showed with reasonable certainty that the marijuana tested by the evidence technician was the same contraband delivered to the defe

  • In the Interest of K.B.

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis W. Miller, Lithonia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Robert E. Hall, Roswell, for appellee. Other party representation: Roberta B. Cooper, Jodie A. Wasson Child Advocate Attorney's Office and Sidney A. Robbins, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A09A2299

    The minor's injuries were consistent with physical abuse, her home was in complete disarray with no food, milk or formula in the house and her sibling died from blunt force injuries to the head, wi