• Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A08A1398

    The defendant abducted the victim at knifepoint and forced her to have oral sex with him with threats of killin

  • Billingsley v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A08A1875

    The showup identification process, which occurred shortly after the armed robberies in question, was not impermissibly sugge

  • State v. Holloway

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1225

    The officer's vague and uncertain testimony that the vehicle's primary driver ' "pretty much" ' gave her c to the search authorized the trial court to find that her

  • Davis v. Silvers

    Publication Date: 2008-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A08A1027

    The law of the case rule decided the plaintiffs' fraud claim regarding a defective septic system adversely to

  • Pollack v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A1453

    Since the officers smelled raw marijuana when they opened the door of the defendant's car with his consent and the defendant admitted that he was on parole, his 43-minute detention while the off

  • Neugent v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1130

    The record belied the defendant's contention that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial on the basis that he suffers from a hearing impairment, which prevented him from und

  • Axelburg v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A08A0814

    The trial court erred in not requiring the redaction of certain of the interrogating officer's comments from the recorded interrogation and transcript, since the officer cast himself as an exper

  • In the Interest of K. I. S.

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A08A1387

    The juvenile court inappropriately relied on the child's hearsay statements in modifying a visitation

  • In the Interest of K. I. S.

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A08A1387

    The juvenile court inappropriately relied on the child's hearsay statements in modifying a visitation

  • Appling v. Tatum

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A0886

    The trial court erred in premising the mother's neys' fee award on O.C.G.A. § 19-6-2 in this child custody and support case, since that statute governs the grant and enforcement o