• Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton and J. Scott Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1610

    The state presented no probative evidence that a supervising officer authorized the roadblock in que

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reed Edmondson Jr., Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, and Melanie B. McCrorey, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1586

    The state's misconduct in failing to timely produce a photographic lineup was harmless, since the defendant produced other evidence showing that the robbery victim was unable to identify him as a pe

  • Krogh v. Pargar LLC d/b/a Prudential Ga. Realty

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Denise R. Griffin, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Monica K. Gilroy, Peter L. Lublin and Susan A. Thomas McCalla Raymer Padrick Cobb LLC, Roswell, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1483

    A factual question remained as to whether a prepaid real estate commission was refundable once the sale of the plaintiffs' property failed to

  • Rucker v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony S. Carter, Monroe, and John T. Strauss, Newton County Pub. Defender, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1743

    The known but untested informant did not provide any information concerning the defendant's future behavior to support the officer's traffic

  • Zachery v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Jennifer M. Daniels Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1794

    The trial court did not err in failing to instruct the jury sua sponte to disregard improper comments about a co-defendant's guilty plea made during the state's opening statement, because the defend

  • Turner v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Land Public Defender's Office, and John T. Strauss, Public Defender, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, and Stephen L. Coxen District Attorney's Office, Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1927

    The undisputed evidence showed that the defendant took over $500 in cash from the v

  • In re I. M. G.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua D. Earwood, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A05A1505. Thomas N. Brunt, Cartersville, for appellant. in A05A1506. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Barry S. Haney Neel & Smith, Cartersville, for appellee. Other party representation: Kelley A. Dial Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Cartersville.

    Case Number: A05A1505 & A05A1506

    The juvenile court erred in admitting testimony from a psychotherapist, who was providing mental health treatment to the mother, in a parental termination proce

  • Hanse v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul A. Morgan, Rory K. Starkey and Robert D. Ware County Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew T. Allen, Atlanta, David A. Sleppy, Edward E. Strain III and Lisa J. Bucko Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, for appellees.

    Case Number: A05A0955

    A police officer was entitled to official immunity in the plaintiffs' wrongful death and injury suit arising out of a high-speed chase, because the decision to initiate and continue the chase was di

  • Mann v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, and David E. Slemons, District Attorney's Office, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1383

    The defendant failed to show how he was harmed by his de counsel's deficient performance in failing to comply with discovery in the presentation of the defendant's insanity de

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah H. Pines, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A2011

    The defendant confessed to stealing and burning an automobile and committing the armed robberies of a beer delivery truck and a package