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  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Finnis K. Salmon, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0643

    After the defendant fled the scene of a shooting and tried to hide, police found drugs hidden inside a car's wheel well within arms reach of where the defendant was h

  • McGill v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0273

    The v s sister's testimony concerning the defendant's previous contact with the v was relevant to prior difficulties between the defendant and the v

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  • In the Interest of K.B.

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis W. Miller, Lithonia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Robert E. Hall, Roswell, for appellee. Other party representation: Roberta B. Cooper, Jodie A. Wasson Child Advocate Attorney's Office and Sidney A. Robbins, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A09A2299

    The minor's injuries were consistent with physical abuse, her home was in complete disarray with no food, milk or formula in the house and her sibling died from blunt force injuries to the head, wi

  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marnique W. Oliver, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, and Mary K. McKinnon, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0078

    Although no direct evidence showed that the defendant personally entered the victim's home, sufficient evidence supported her conviction for burglary as a party to the

  • Smith v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Banks Banks & Riedel PC, Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Anthony C. Lee Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Ga., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0191

    The Court affirmed the trial court's denial of the appellant's motion to dismiss a forfeiture action involving certain property, including a 2002 Chevrolet I

  • Jamale v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Pearlman Public Defender's Office, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Leslie S. Jones, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1781

    The evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of armed robbery as a party to the crime, because the defendant assisted in holding the in the kitchen, while his accomplice ransacked the

  • Rainbow USA Inc. v. Cumberland Mall LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-01-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Chancey Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luke A. Kill Andre & Blaustein LLP and Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0831

    A mall could not argue that a new free-standing warehouse store was open for business on the premises occupied by former anchor store, because the lease language did not support a definition of the

  • Statesboro Blues Dev. LLC v. Farmers and Merchants Bank

    Publication Date: 2010-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William K. McGowan, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Kenny Stone Edenfield, Stone & Cox, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1956

    The trial court was entitled to accept the testimony of the bank's expert as to the true market value of the certain real property, because both parties stipulated that the witness was an expert in

  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton K. Nelson III and Leonard M. Geldon, Assistant Public Defenders, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louie C. Fraser, District Attorney, and LaShonda C. Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2297

    The defendant retained possession of a pair of scissors, which were issued to him for the sole purpose of cutting his hair, and hid them in his cell in violation of jail p