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  • Rodriguez v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald B. Kleinrock, Corrine M. Mull, Daryl W. Queen, LeeAnne Anthony and Andrew R. Lynch Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Michael S. Carlson, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and John E. Floyd Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: Gerald W. Weber Jr. and Melanie Velez Southern Ctr. for Human Rights, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Lee W. O. Shafer Oxendine & Assocs., Duluth, Donald E. Henderson, Decatur, Wendell K. Willard Willard & Sullivan, Michael A. Caldwell Delong, Caldwell & Bridgers LLC, Atlanta, and William F. Riley Jr., Johns Creek.
    Case Number: S08A1928

    Georgia's Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act is not unconstitutionally vague or overbroad and does not directly or indirectly infringe upon the First Amendment right to freedom of associ

  • Baker v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1528

    The state failed to prove venue for the kidnapping and rape of one victim at knife

  • Baker v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A08A1528

    The state failed to prove venue for the kidnapping and rape of one victim at knife

  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A08A1079

    The officer did not impermissibly expand the scope of a valid traffic stop when he asked the defendant for consent to search, since the officer had not yet completed his written wa

  • Davis v. Silvers

    Publication Date: 2008-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A08A1027

    The law of the case rule decided the plaintiffs' fraud claim regarding a defective septic system adversely to

  • In the Interest of D. B. C.

    Publication Date: 2008-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A08A0241

    Evidence that bot nts had a medically verifiable deficiency of their mental or emotional health of such duration or nature so as to render them unable to provide adequately for the children, bo

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-01-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A07A2038

    The arresting officer had authority to stop the defendant for displaying an improper tag in violation of O.C.G.A. § 4

  • Daiss v. Bennett

    Publication Date: 2007-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fred S. Clark Clark and Clark, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mathew M. McCoy and Margaret K. Clark McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A07A0409

    The law of the case rule barred the appellant's claim that he had a prescriptive right to maintain a garage foundation, which encroached on his neighbors' pro

  • Simon Property Group v. Benson

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca M. Lamberth, John L. Coalson Jr., Colin K. Kelly, Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Charles C. Clay, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John F. Salter Jr., Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, and Gary J. Toman Nations, Toman, Nutter & McKnight LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2256

    The Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act DUPA, OCGA § 44-12-190 et seq., did not apply to the plaintiffs' claims for damages resulting from dormancy fees and expiration dates associated with shoppi

  • Bennett v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathanael A. Horsley, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Gainesville, and Lindsay H. Burton, Assistant District Attorney, Dawsonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0771

    The officer unreasonably detained the defendant to wait for another officer to bring a written warning book, since the officer was authorized to give the defendant a verbal warning for a purported