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  • Vaughn v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standard's Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0970

    The evidence supported the defendant's aggravated stalking conviction, because there was no evidence that hi consented to violent contact and there was evidence that the defendant threatened h

  • Those Certain Underwriters at Lloyds London v. DTI Logistics Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory L. Mast Fields, Howell, Athans & McLaughlin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James S. Strawinski and Briant G. Mildenhall Strawinski & Stout PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1432

    The insurer's arguments that the insured had not paid any claim for the value of the stolen cargo and that the statute of limitation barred any possible claims against the insured were irrel

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, and W. Scott Brannen, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0894

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the videotape of the victim's forensic interview, since the interviewer developed rapport with the child, did not attempt to influence the c

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, James L. Wright III and John A. Pipkin III, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1501

    The trial court properly admitted evidence found in a detached g

  • Gresham v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia L. Garrard and Jennifer L. Lewis, Public Defenders, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Walter C. Howard, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1431

    The defendant knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently entered his guilty plea to burglary and possession of tools for the commission of a

  • In the Interest of A. B.

    Publication Date: 2009-05-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason K. Hoffman, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Render M. Heard Jr. Carter & Richbourg LLP, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0021

    The children's continued deprivation would likely cause them harm, since it was highly probable that the mother inflicted the burns to her older child, she has a history of anger management problems

  • Fradenburg v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William F. Rucker, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1888

    The time to object to an improper closing argument is when the impropriety occurs at

  • Vines v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Davis Jr. The Davis Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Griffin, and Robert W. Smith Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2176

    The evidence did not support the defendant's conviction for possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute, since officers found no scales or drug paraphernalia and no witness testified that the

  • In the Interest of N. H.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phyllis R. Williams, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Virginia B. Fuller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Saundra M. Davis, Tucker, Hurl E. Taylor Jr., Ellenwood, Miessha Thomas Federation of S. Conservatives, East Point, and Jerry W. Thacker, Conyers.
    Case Number: A08A1759

    Evidence that the mother fed her child inappropriate food to such a degree that the child's well-being was affected, supported a finding that the child was dep

  • Xiong v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen J. Anderson, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard K. Bridgeman, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Antonio E. Veal District Attorney's Office, Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1720

    Convictions for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possessing marijuana reversed, since the defendant's cousin had equal access to the drugs in que