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  • Hines v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cinque M. Axam Axam Roberts Legal Group, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Anece B. White, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2059

    Counsel's failure to object to DNA evidence was presumed strategic because defendant passed up the opportunity to question counsel on this point at the hearing on his motion for a new

  • Jefferson v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Jefferson, Pineville, proceeded pro se. Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A10A2173

    A defendant charged with failing register as a sexual offender may register in the county of his conviction and file a petition to be released from the registration requirements pursuant to O.C.G.A.

  • Hopson v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1349

    The fact that the prosecutor believed one witness over another in the face of conflicting testimony did not warrant a new trial on the ground of prosecutorial misco

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. W. Barrow, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Walter C. Howard District Attorney's Office, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1014

    The trial court did not violate O.C.G.A. § 17-8-57, after the defense put venue into question, when the trial judge instructed the state to call another witness, limited the scope of that witnesses'

  • Noaha LLC v. Vista Antiques and Person Rugs Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charlotte K. Perrell Perrell & Wright LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James H. Mobley Jr. Mobley & Mobley, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1083

    The appellant did not follow the correct procedures for filing a discretionary appeal in a case involving domestication of an out-of-state jud

  • Major v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Davis Jr. Davis Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, and Carlton T. Hays, Assistant Solicitor General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1515

    A defendant is obligated to request a continuance to cure any possible prejudice from the state's failure to comply with O.C.G.A. § 17-

  • PlaceNameUpperPlaceNameOconeePlaceTypeBasinWater Auth. v. placePlaceNameJacksonPlaceNameCounty

    Publication Date: 2010-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul E. Nystrom III Ekonomou Atkinson & Lambros LLC, placeCityAtlantafor appellant. Michael J. Bowers and Marlie A. McDonnell Balch & Bingham LLP, placeCityAtlantafor appellee.
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    Case Number: A10A0455

    The Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority's agreement with several counties to construct reservoirs and provide treated water, specifically authorized enforcement through an action for specific perform

  • Ernst v. Snow

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Long, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas Snow, Augusta, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A10A0602

    No evidence was presented regarding the issues necessary for a determination of whether to grant legitimation to the appellant at the May 29, 2008 30 Day Confe

  • Perkins v. The Val D'Aosta Company

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin Akin & Tate LLC, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert P. White and Eulryoung Chung Buckley King LPA, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0413

    A factual question remained as to whether the hazard precipitating the plaintiff's fall was readily discernible to him in his exercise of ordinary care and, thus, whether his knowledge of it can be

  • Northwest Plaza LLC MI v. Northeast Enters Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven A. Suna Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Atlanta, for Northwest Plaza LLC. Tom Pye, Norcross, for Northeast Enters. Inc.
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    Case Number: A10A0528, A10A0529

    A jury question remains as to whether the defendants attempted to conceal a commercial tenant's true financial status, prior to cl