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  • McClain v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall M. Clark, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, and Jonathan R. Miller III District Attorney's Office, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2115

    Given the overwhelming evidence, the defendant could not show prejudice from defense counsel's strategic decision not to object to questioning, which referred to defendant's invocation of his right

  • Putzel Elec. Contractors Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2006-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Napier Murphy and William R. Shelton Jr. Murphy & Sibley PC, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Henry S. Barnett, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Lee Southwell Board of Workers' Compensation, and Mark J. Goodman Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A1039

    The employee's workers' compensation claim for work-related asbestosis was timely filed pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 34-9-281, since he filed it within one year of first learning of the causal connection

  • In the Interest of M. R.

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul M. Ledbetter, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John J. Martin, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1059

    Clear and convincing evidence supported the juvenile court's determination that the children's deprivation would continue, despite the father's recent efforts to comply with his reunification case

  • Luong v. Tran

    Publication Date: 2006-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry J. White and Kevin J. Jones Smith, White, Sharma & Halpern, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Glenn S. Bass and Michelle R. Kraynak Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0708

    The plaintiff failed to show that the defendant had knowledge of alleged third party criminal activity occurring on its pro

  • Cohen v. Allstate Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Moss Moss & Rothenberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melynee Leftridge Sharon W. Ware & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Charis L. Johnson Law Office of Allen & Assoc., Atlanta.
    Case Number: A05A1986

    A nominal judgment against the defendant in an injury suit was a condition precedent to the plaintiffs' ability to recover against their UM ca

  • Payne v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew W. Payne, Hardwick, proceeded pro se. Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, and William P. Doupe', Assistant District Attorney, Thomson, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A05A1137

    The defendant could not complain about the state's amended accusation for the first time on a

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas R. Morgan Jr., Woodbury, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Stephen M. Gray, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, and Robert N. Peterkin, Assistant District Attorney, Greenville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1177

    The statute of limitation on child molestation charges is seven

  • Patterson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0390

    The trial court did not err in denying t endant's motion to suppress a show-up where the victim had a good opportunity to view t endant and the victim was certain of his identification of

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    Congress Re-Examines Federal Trademark Dilution Act

    Bill Would Protect Companies' Descriptive Trademarks

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  • Goldsby v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-06-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Eric Eberhardt Eberhardt & Hale LLP, and William C. Bushnell, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Brian V. Patterson, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0143

    Defendants' convictions for methamphetamine manufacturing and methamphetamine trafficking merged for sentencing purposes, since both arose from a single quantity of methamphetamine found in a cooler