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  • Lankford v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryellen Simmons, Assistant Chief Public Defender, and Jason W. Swindle Drummond & Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0208

    The defendant was not entitled to a separate trial where his trial involved only three jointly-charged defendants, each man's role in the crimes was fairly well-defined and their defenses were not a

  • Pincherli v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0247

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for cocaine trafficking based on a traffic stop, which resulted in the seizure of approximately three kilos of cocaine hidden inside the engine of t

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A2295

    The defendant timely filed a special demurrer to his indictment on charges that he molested his stepdaughter eight days after his arraig

  • Sampler v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A2212; A08A2213

    The court erred in failing to perform the required legal analysis before joining the defendant's two indictments for

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A1703

    The arresting officer's testimony about the briefing he received before going on duty was admissible to explain his conduct, since the briefing gave the officer probable cause to investigate the

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A1508

    The defendant could not show prejudice from the 8-year delay in the trial court's hearing of his motion for a new trial, since his contentions on appeal were meri

  • Carroll v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A1383

    Defense counsel was not deficient for strategically deciding not to move for a mistrial, after the jury heard evidence that the defendant had sexually abused another family m

  • Waddell v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A1489

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's request for the appointment of different co

  • Mullens v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0223

    The evidence supported the revocation of the defendant's probation for violating a special condition of his probation, which prohibited him from having contact with m

  • Slade v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0894

    The equal access doctrine was inapplicable, since the defendant was charge with joint constructive possession of the co