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Presbytery of Greater Atlanta Inc v. Timberridge Presbyterian Church Inc.

Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra A. Golymbieski and Robert E. Wilson Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, Decatur, for appellant. Michael C. Kendall and Maureen E. Murphy Talley, French & Kendall PC, Douglasville, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: David H. Gambrell, Linda A. Klein and John Hinton IV Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, Forest A. Norman Gallagher Sharp, Cleveland, Ohio, Christopher J. Cox and Alexandra Fellowes Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, Calif. Amicus Appellee: John C. Bell Jr. Bell & Brigham, David E. Hudson, Patrick J. Rice Hull Barrett PC, John B. Long, A. Montague Miller, Thomas W. Tucker Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, Augusta, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia.
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Case Number: S11G0587

Applying neutral principals of law, a local church assented to the relinquishment of its property rights when it affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA in 1983, and an implied trust in favor o

Johnson v. State

Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marvin P. Hicks III The Hicks Law Firm, Lawrenceville, for appellant. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Richard A. Vandever, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
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Case Number: A11A0941

The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress drugs found on his person during a second Terry pat-down since the evidence established that the initial detention and pat-d

Dixson v. State

Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Kenner Jr., Stone Mountain, for appellants. Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Gainesville, Jennifer D. Hart, Assistant District Attorney, Nashville, and Hugh M. Hamilton, Dawsonville, for appellee.
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Case Number: A11A1329; A11A1330

Other evidence adequately corroborated an accomplice's testimony that she and the defendants stole clothing from children's s

Smith v. State

Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. Rodgers Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant. Robert E. Brooks Jr., District Attorney, and Carmen T. Bolden, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
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Case Number: A11A1405

The defendant's conviction for aggravated assault with intent to rape merged into his conviction for attempted rape under the required evidence

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Davis v. State

Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Smith, George T.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Alston C. McNairy and William C. Akins, Assistant District Attorneys, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
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Case Number: A11A1269

The trial court erred in failing to merge the defendant's aggravated assault conviction into his attempted armed robbery conviction, as both crimes were complete when the defendant pointed a gun at

Miller v. State

Publication Date: 2011-10-28
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for Tonya Miller. Henry A. Hibbert Cromwell & Hibbert, Atlanta, for Jabaris Miller. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Clinton K. Rucker, Chief Senior District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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Case Number: S11A0752; S11A0914

The trial court violated the def 's confrontation right when it allowed a judge to testify to the contents of two petitions for temporary protective injunctions previously filed against the de

State v. Austin

Publication Date: 2011-07-29
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray, Ann B. Harris, Assistant District Attorneys, John R. Edwards and Anna G. Cross District Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Thomas E. Griner, Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A11A0601

The mere fact that the defendant was placed in handcuffs for his own protection did not, in and of itself, render involuntary his consent to show police the gun he had

Fair v. State

Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC and Elizabeth V. Rogan, Atlanta, for Fair. Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, and James S. Stokes, Atlanta, for Jolly. Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Kimberly S. Schwartz, Assistant District Attorney, Garrison A. Wood District Attorney's Office, Macon, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Laura J. Murphree Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, Atlanta, for appellee.
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Case Number: S10A1034; S10A1035

O.C.G.A. § 17-10-30 b 8 does not require the defendant's knowledge that the victim was a peace officer to impose a death penalty on a defendant, who killed a peace officer conducting a no-knock wa

Reed v. State

Publication Date: 2010-09-03
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chlora A. Lindley-Myers, Griffin, for appellant.
for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Thomaston, and Robert W. Smith Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A1434

The trial court did not err in allowing the jury to rehear only the witnesses' direct testimony identifying the defendant as the r