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  • Pyburn v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grayson P. Lane Brunswick Circuit Defender's Office, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1486

    The defendant had a sexual relationship with his biological and adoptive daughter, which resulted in five chi

  • Martinez v. Martinez

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan P. Waters, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: James E. Patterson Westmoreland, Patterson & Moseley LLP, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0248

    Absent a transcript, the trial court presumably did not err in rejecting the mother's claims that she did not assent to the terms of her divorce settlement agreement pertaining to child custody and

  • Krachman v. Ridgeview Institute Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wade K. Copeland Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, and Brenda R. Insley Insley & Race LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1108

    The defendant mental health facility was not entitled to immunity under O.C.G.A. § 37-3-4 for the plaintiff's claim of involuntary detention, since that statute extends immunity only to designated i

  • England v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rafe Banks III Banks, Stubbs, Neville & Cunat LLP, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie C. Abernathy, Solicitor, and Amy K. Radley Solicitor's Office, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2181

    The evidence showed that the DUI defendant acquiesced to a state-administered test and at no point requested another, independent test of his

  • Nava v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sanford A. Wallack, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0833

    The defendant's convictions for aggravated assault and armed robbery each required proof of fact that the other di

  • Clark v. Chapman

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Oliver, Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan M. Briskin, Byron M.G. Sanford Briskin, Cross & Sanford LLC, Alpharetta, Brett D. Turner, Dawsonville, and Alfred W.K. Chang, Dahlonega, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0914

    Because an earlier order for appellant to surrender all company stock essentially took ownership of the company out of the appellant's hands, any transfer of company assets such as land was a nullit

  • Works v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2251

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's pro se demand for a speedy trial, since the record showed that a public defender had been representing defendant for several weeks before he fi

  • Santibanez v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall S. Estes, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0952

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress the drug evidence, because probable cause supported the initial investigation warrant, which allowed phone taps and led to s

  • Craigo v. Azizi

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald I. Kaplan and Jay D. Lukowski Kaplan & Lukowski LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Wade K. Copeland and Ashley E. Sexton Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A1917

    The trial court's abuse of discretion with regard to the adequacy of the plaintiffs' expert witness's years of anesthesiology practice did not require reversal because the affiant did not meet licen

  • Vaughn v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    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: A09A0970

    The evidence supported the defendant's aggravated stalking conviction, because there was no evidence that hi consented to violent contact and there was evidence that the defendant threatened h