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  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney and Christine S. Barker, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08G1733

    The defendant's August 2001 convictions could not be used as proof of a prior felony conviction under OCGA § 16-10-52, since neither those convictions, nor their pre-conviction charges, were the fel

  • Lawrence v. Lawrence

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin L. Fierman, Eatonton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kice H. Stone Stone & Driggers LLC, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1370

    The parties' antenuptial agreement was clearly a contract made in contemplation of divorce, not a contract made in contemplation of marriage, thus, the agreement was not subject to O.C.G.A. § 19-3-6

  • October 31, 2009 |

    Court Dismisses ID Theft Claim That Does Not Allege Injury

    Potential future injury not a sufficient claim.

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  • Goddard v. City of Albany

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice L. King Jr., Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald A. Sweat and Kimberly A. Reid Gardner, Willis, Sweat & Goldsmith, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1102

    The appellant had no right to notice and a hearing prior to her termin

  • Gunn v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle Drummond & Swindle and Maryellen Simmons, Assistant Chief Circuit Public Defender, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Anne C. Allen and Jeffery W. Hunt, Assistant District Attorneys, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1595

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of the defendant's prior sexual abuse of three other children to show his intent or state of mind, because the evidence was suffici

  • Stidham v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-09-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven M. Harrison Public Defender's Office, Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, and Jason O. Waters District Attorney's Office, Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1456

    Both of the co-defendants implicated the defendant in the burglaries in question, corroborated each other's test and the victims corroborated their test

  • Boyd v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mueller, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George E. Duncan Jr. and Jennifer C. Adair Duncan & Adair PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A1681

    The plaintiff was able to voluntarily dismiss his original law suit and use the renewal statute to ' "nurse the cause of action into full life," ' five years after expiration of the statute of limi

  • Airport Auth. of the City of St. Marys Ga. v. City of St. Marys

    Publication Date: 2009-05-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Stein, St. Marys, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amanda B. Blackledge City of St. Marys, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0786

    The appellant's ai least with the city obligated the appellant to heed the city's directives, including the city's resolution to pursue relocation of the ai

  • Georgia Dept. of Human Resources v. Gamble

    Publication Date: 2009-05-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Willie J. Gamble, Atlanta, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A09A0315

    The trial court lacked authority to modify the terms of a child support order during a civil contempt procee

  • Nash v. Compass Bank

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard J. Storrs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sara L. Doyle and Allen A. Hendrick Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2374

    The appellee showed that the partially completed office park at issue sold for its true value of $2.6 during a foreclosure sale, after the appellant defaulted on a $3.5M