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  • Moreno-Rivera v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charita H. Demps, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0904

    Trial counsel was not deficient in failing to tigate the victims' prior violent acts in a malice murder case because the defendant could not give counsel any information from which to conduct a

  • In the Interest of S. D.

    Publication Date: 2012-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carol Riley Office of Child Advocates, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Calandra Harps, Assistant Attorney General, Diana Johnson, Atlanta, and LaMia Saxby, Stone Mountain, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0245

    The juvenile court erred in finding that a newborn child was deprived based on the fact that his 16-year-old mother was in DFACS cu

  • Johnson v. DeKalb County

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Teague Jr. and Keisha L. Martin, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Duane D. Pritchett, Chief Assistant County Attorney, and Kendric E. Smith, Assistant County Attorney, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A2358; A11A2359

    The parties entered into a mutually binding settlement to drainage issues and repair the plaintiffs' properties from erosion d

  • In the Interest of A. R. K. L.

    Publication Date: 2012-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Newton, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason R. Clark Clark & Williams PC, and Frances W. Dyal, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A2038

    The juvenile court properly exercised jurisdiction over the termination procee

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Bearden Jr., Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory W. Winters, District Attorney, Macon, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0040

    Trial counsel was not ineffective in failing to raise constitutional challenges to the mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years imprisonment without parole for kidnapping a victim less than 14 year

  • Greenwald v. Odom

    Publication Date: 2012-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry L. Sims Sims Moss Kline & Davis LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Despriet, James Connelly, and Mark A. Rogers Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A1553

    The trial court erred in concluding that the plaintiff could not have justifiably relied on alleged oral misrepresentations regarding the company's revenue forecast and the future sale of a div

  • Martin v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant. Brian K. Fortner, Solicitor General, and Sherrill N. Britt, Douglasville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1922

    The testimony of the chief deputy sheriff and two field officers established that the roadblock that led to the defendant's arrest was implemented in accordance with applicabl

  • Higgenbottom v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Dunn Jr., Ringgold, for appellant. Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Alan C. Norton, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11A0948

    Although the 30-month delay between the defendant's arrest and the filing of his motion to dismiss was presumptively prejudicial, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in balancing the Barker

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    Insurance on the High Seas

    Discusses insurance aspects of pirates attacking seagoing vessels.

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  • November 30, 2011 |

    Theatrical Property Coverage Form

    This article analyzes the theatrical property coverage form from ISO, used to cover scenery, costumes, and other theatrical properties.

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