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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-02-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Smith, Unadilla, proceeded pro se. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and David Getachew-Smith District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A15A2110

    The Court vacated the defendant's convictions for robbery in violation of O.C.G.A. 16-8-40 a 1 by using force to take the victim's vehicle from the person and immediate presence of the victim and t

  • Georgia Dep't of Transp. v. Owens

    Publication Date: 2015-01-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Kathleen Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, G. Michael Banick, Assistant Attorney General, Sharon Horne, and Kirsten Daughdril Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for GDOT. Allison Salter, Roy Barnes, and John Salter The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for C. W. Matthews Contracting Co. Shubhra Mashelkar, Patrick Moore Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn Dial LLC, and Mark Murray, Atlanta, for Owens et al.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A14A1486; A14A1487

    The Court partially affirmed the denial of the defendants' motions for summary judgment in a wrongful death and negligence action arising out of an automobile collision at a construction site along

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marvin P. Hicks III The Hicks Law Firm, Lawrenceville, for appellant. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Richard A. Vandever, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0941

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress drugs found on his person during a second Terry pat-down since the evidence established that the initial detention and pat-d

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. Rodgers Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant. Robert E. Brooks Jr., District Attorney, and Carmen T. Bolden, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1405

    The defendant's conviction for aggravated assault with intent to rape merged into his conviction for attempted rape under the required evidence

  • Barker v. Elrod

    Publication Date: 2008-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0564

    The trial court erred in denying the appellant's motion for a new trial without holding the mandated he

  • Cieplinski v. Caldwell Elec. Contractors Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Steel Matthews & Steel, Atlanta, and Douglas P. McManamy, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David F. Root, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, John C. Cheshire Carr, Tabb, Pope & Freeman LLP, Atlanta, Mark W. Wortham Hicks, Casey, Barber PC, Marietta, and J. Douglas Stewart Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellees. Other party representation: Brian M. Leepson Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A0596

    The intervening negligence of the plaintiff's employer was the sole proximate cause of his injury and broke any legally sufficient causal connection between the third-party tortfeasor defendants' al

  • Lopez v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen F. Lanier, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Martha P. Jacobs, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0448

    The state gave sufficient reasons for its decision to reindict the defendant on more serious charges after he filed a § 1983 claim against officers in federal