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  • Baldwin v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2010-10-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Evan R. Mermelstein Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Panessa Panessa & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1147

    The trial court in ruling that the parties did not reach a $17.5K settlement in a negligence action arising from a motor vehicle coll

  • Meder v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-09-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Fortner, Solicitor General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Solicitor General, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0986

    The 30-month delay following the defendant's arrest did not violate her right to a speedy trial under the circumst

  • Bridges v. Wooten

    Publication Date: 2010-09-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert K. Prater, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: David L. Wooten, Margaret E. Wooten and Eric L. Wooten, Roanoke, Ala., proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A10A0782

    O.C.G.A. § 51-1-6, upon which the plaintiff relied to establish two defendants' liability, does not create a remedy for the violation of O.C.G.A. § 19-10-1, the criminal statute which prohibits aban

  • Love v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-08-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Alicia C. Gant, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1059

    Defense counsel's deficiency in eliciting testimony about the defendant's prior criminal history was harmless in light of the otherwise overwhelming evidence that he entered an automobile with inten

  • Newsome v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2010-08-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tavis L. Knighten and Mary K. Durant, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ben B. Philips, Stephen J. Hodges and Brian M. Worstell Philips Branch, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1017

    The trial erred in refusing to allow the defendant to make discovery on the issue of damages, since this issue remained pending for trial following entry of a default judgment on the issue of liab

  • Barber v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Public Defender Standards Council-Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0742

    Evidence that the defendant collected the victims' wallets, while his accomplice brandished a handgun, supported his convictions for three armed robb

  • Hernandez v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa L. Smith Public Defender's Office, Covington, and Jimmonique R. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and David E. Boyle, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0399

    Testimony that one has consumed alcohol does not place one's character in

  • Hamrick v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucas O. Harsh, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0628

    A passing reference to a defendant's record does not put his character into

  • Flores v. Exprezit Stores 98-Ga. LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward J. Bauer, Brandon R. Day Edward J. Bauer PC and Mary K. Durant, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gene A. Major Fain, Major & Wiley, Y. Kevin Williams, John B. Jackson, Michael A. Sexton Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Robert C. Semler, Atlanta, John H. Smith Jr. Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence, Valdosta, Douglas L. Gibson Gibson & Assocs. PC, Waycross, Brian S. Duffey, Mary L. Wakeman and Jeff F. Dodson McConnaughhay, Duffy, Coonrod, Pope & Weaver PA, Tallahassee, Fla.,
    Case Number: A10A0703

    The Georgia Dram Shop Act did not require a store employee to investigate whether an allegedly intoxicated man would immediately drink a 12-pack of beer in a closed, packaged container, become furth

  • Murray v. Patel

    Publication Date: 2010-06-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond R. Grant II Cruiser & Mitchell, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Joseph H. Fowler Hartley, Rowe & Fowler PC, Douglasville, Kimberly A. McNamara and John E. Alday Harper, Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0594

    The appellants' third-party complaint against the driver of the car in which the plaintiffs were riding when they were injured was not an impermissible attempt to substitute defen