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  • Twiggs v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda R. Flora Public Defender's Office, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Alicia C. Gant, Assistant District Attorney, and David E. Slemons District Attorney's Office, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1544

    Trial counsel was not ineffective in failing to challenge the FBI forensic computer examiner's search of the defendant's computer, as no basis existed under O.C.G.A. § 17-5-24 for suppressing the se

  • McGregor v. River Pond Farm LLC

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfred N. Corriere, Albany, for appellants. Jesse G. Bowles III, Cuthbert, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1244

    The special master used incorrect law in determining that the plaintiff has a prescriptive easement over a road on the defendants' property due to adverse possession for a period in excess of seven

  • Sawyer v. Marjon Enterprises Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Gorby Gorby, Peters & Associates LLC, Atlanta, for appellants. William T. Casey Jr. and Lisa K. Whitfield Hicks, Casey & Foster PC, Marietta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0809

    No testimony showed that the individual defendant took any action, or could have taken any action, to avoid the collision with the plaintiffs' vehicle, once his tractor trailer rig started hydroplan

  • Morey v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, and Lawrence W. Daniel, Atlanta, for Morey. Louis M. Turchiarelli, Marietta, for Evans. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Jason D. Marbutt and Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0787; A11A1342

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence including gang re es because the defendants were charged with engaging in criminal street gang activity and, even though the r

  • In the Interest of A. D.

    Publication Date: 2011-08-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith G. Brasher, Assistant Public Defender, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A11A1097. John K. Edwards Sr., Circuit Public Defender, Valdosta, for appellant in A11A1195. J. David Miller, District Attorney, Laura A. Wood and Justo C. Cabral III, Assistant District Attorneys, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1097; A11A1195

    The Court reversed the delinquency adjudications of two boys based on charges of battery and violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act because the state failed to show that t

  • Keaton v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-08-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. McGee III McGee & McGee, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, and Michelle C. McIntire, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0566

    Georgia's stalking laws were drafted to protect people, not places, and the interim order, upon which the state relied to convict the defendant, kept the defendant from the victim's home and only in

  • Spann v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Fortner, Solicitor General, Evelyn Proctor, Assistant Solicitor General, Douglasville, and Deah B. Warren C. F. Brock & Assocs. LLC, Austell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0595

    The Court remanded the case for reconsideration in light of the recent decision in Davenport v. State, S10G1355 06/20/11 11 FCDR 1816 07/

  • Donegan v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan C. Brunson and Brian K. Panessa Panessa & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Kristin L. Hall Law Office of Sharon Chester Barnes, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0507

    An unemancipated minor cannot sue a parent for negligence, and the record did not show the parent was so cruel as to forfeit parental r

  • Handy Andy of Eastman Inc. v. Evans

    Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad K. Reed, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Dennis Mullis, Cochran, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A0523

    Strict compliance with O.C.G.A. § 44-14-367's notice language is req

  • Frye v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wesley M. Woolverton, Assistant Public Defender, and Erin K. Lanning Public Defender's Office, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Fortner and Matthew C. Krull, Solicitors General, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1807

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's double jeopardy plea in bar because evidence supported the trial court's finding that the prosecutor's actions were not designed to provoke a m