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  • Carolina v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald R. Parker, Assistant Public Defender, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and William J. Hunter, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2053

    The expert, who made the determin that the substance in question was contraband, testified at trial and was subject to cross-examin

  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marnique W. Oliver, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, and Mary K. McKinnon, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0078

    Although no direct evidence showed that the defendant personally entered the victim's home, sufficient evidence supported her conviction for burglary as a party to the

  • State v. Long

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Henry R. Thompson, Assistant District Attorneys, and John R. Edwards District Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven A. Cook and John R. Greco, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A2196

    After the defendant refused his consent to search, the officer unreasonably prolonged the defendant's detention while waiting for the K-9 unit to a

  • Smith v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Banks Banks & Riedel PC, Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Anthony C. Lee Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Ga., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0191

    The Court affirmed the trial court's denial of the appellant's motion to dismiss a forfeiture action involving certain property, including a 2002 Chevrolet I

  • Jamale v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Pearlman Public Defender's Office, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Leslie S. Jones, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1781

    The evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of armed robbery as a party to the crime, because the defendant assisted in holding the in the kitchen, while his accomplice ransacked the

  • Ivey v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jamie K. Inagawa, Solicitor General, and Joseph B. Myers Jr., Assistant Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0094

    Reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop may arise from conduct not violate th

  • Rainbow USA Inc. v. Cumberland Mall LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-01-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Chancey Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luke A. Kill Andre & Blaustein LLP and Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0831

    A mall could not argue that a new free-standing warehouse store was open for business on the premises occupied by former anchor store, because the lease language did not support a definition of the

  • Edmonds v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2010-01-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacqueline K. Taylor, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Romy D. Smith Georgia Department of Law, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A1947

    The Georgia Tort Claims Act barred the plaintiff's tortious int nce with contractual relations claim, since it specifically provides that the state has no liability for losses resulting from in

  • Statesboro Blues Dev. LLC v. Farmers and Merchants Bank

    Publication Date: 2010-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William K. McGowan, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Kenny Stone Edenfield, Stone & Cox, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1956

    The trial court was entitled to accept the testimony of the bank's expert as to the true market value of the certain real property, because both parties stipulated that the witness was an expert in

  • Franks v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2030

    The defendant was not entitled to a mistrial after an officer testified that he Mirandized the defendant, since there was no testimony touching upon whether the defendant exercised his right to rema