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  • Stinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason R. Clark, Conflict Defender, Hinesville, and Grayson P. Lane Public Defender's Office, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, Leslie K. DeVooght, Assistant District Attorney, and David A. Peterson District Attorney's Office, Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Counsel and Leigh S. Schrope Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A0274

    Defendants who elect to plead guilty and undergo alternative treatment in a Drug Court p are not entitled to a credit for time spent in treatment, if they are subsequently terminated from the

  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark R. Gaffney, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1740

    Even if the trial court erred in compelling the defendant's wife to testify, there is no reasonable probability that the verdict would have been different in the absence of her similar transaction e

  • Henson v. Tucker

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John J. Capo and Larry K. Butler Butler & Capo, Jasper, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Eugene B. Chambers Jr. Roach, Hasty & Geiger, Canton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1735

    The defendants did not acquire prescriptive title to the disputed 5.9 acres of land by building a driveway less than seven years before the plaintiffs filed their quiet title

  • State v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, and W. Scott Smith, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel K. McCall and Nancy I. Jordan, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1574

    The defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in a fast food bag, which his companion was eating out of minutes b

  • State v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Stephen L. Coxen District Attorney's Office, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: John B. Degonia Jr., Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0390

    The trial court was authorized to find that the officer's testimony that the defendant had been weaving was not credible and that he lacked reasonable suspicion to make a second-tier Terry

  • Effingham County Bd. of Tax Assessors v. Samwilka Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric R. Gotwalt Zipperer & Lorberbaum PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter C. Hartridge and David B. Dennison Bouhan, Williams & Levy LLP, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1790

    An individual's "benefit" in property owned through tenancy in common should be determined on pro-rata basis for the purposes of O.C.G.A. § 48-5-7.4 b 3-restricting a person's conservation use tax t

  • In the Interest of Z. H.

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon C. Rhoades, LaGrange, and Jerry F. Pittman Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nina M. Baker, Solicitor General, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0163

    The then 12-year-old juvenile made physical contact with the 4-year-old victim by thrusting his groin against her groin

  • Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. Of Ga. v. Doe

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Bryan K. Webb, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ralph W. Ellis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren N. Sams III The Sams Law Firm, T. Joshua Archer and Michael J. Bowers Balch & Bingham, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1892

    Material issues of fact remained as to whether the Board of Regents of the University System rgia breached a 1997 employment contract to hire the plaintiff as a tenured full professor and dean

  • In the Interest of B. L.

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark H. Yun, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Joseph T. Justice, Dallas, and Patricia K. Buonodono, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Alan C. Manheim Manheim & Manheim LLC, Marietta, and Donald R. Donovan, Hiram.
    Case Number: A05A1882

    The father failed to comply with his reunification plan by failing to provide proof that he completed anger management classes, failing to maintain a safe and stable home, failing to meet his child

  • Dawkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Folsom, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Laura A. Wood, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1923

    The defendant's felony conviction for making a false statement was reversed, since the evidence of the defendant's conduct could also be used to prove the misdemeanor offense of giving a false name