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  • Barr v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall K. Strozier III, Powder Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray and Andrew J. Saliba, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0015

    The defendant had 32 grams of 61 percent pure co on his person when arrested and admitted knowing that the substance was co

  • Ivey v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jamie K. Inagawa, Solicitor General, and Joseph B. Myers Jr., Assistant Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0094

    Reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop may arise from conduct not violate th

  • Edmonds v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2010-01-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacqueline K. Taylor, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Romy D. Smith Georgia Department of Law, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A1947

    The Georgia Tort Claims Act barred the plaintiff's tortious int nce with contractual relations claim, since it specifically provides that the state has no liability for losses resulting from in

  • In the Interest of M. O.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ernest D. Napier III, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Joseph T. Justice, Dallas, for appellee. Other party representation: Joiya L. Efemini, Mableton, and Melodie Smith CASA, Dallas.
    Case Number: A09A2100

    The mother of fraternal twins' was deceased, their father was unknown and their aunt and uncle had lost both physical and legal custody of

  • Radha Krishna Inc. v. Desai

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent J. Arpey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shawn F. Bratton and J. Michael McGarity The McGarity Group LLC, Buford, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A2324

    A tenant at will by virtue of holding over at the expiration of the term of his lease holds the premises subject to the general terms and conditions specified in the lease, except as modified by mut

  • Baxter v. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Gibson Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stefanie H. Jackman and J. Allen Maines Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A1751

    All that is necessary is that a mortgage document ' "clearly indicate the creation of a lien and . . . specify the debt for which it is given and the property upon which it is to take effe

  • England v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rafe Banks III Banks, Stubbs, Neville & Cunat LLP, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie C. Abernathy, Solicitor, and Amy K. Radley Solicitor's Office, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2181

    The evidence showed that the DUI defendant acquiesced to a state-administered test and at no point requested another, independent test of his

  • Collins v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian K. Ross, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and David E. Boyle, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2094

    Absent a proffer, the defendant could not show that his trial counsel was deficient for failing to call character witnesses to testify on the defendant's b

  • Pinkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-09-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1636

    The pretrial photographic line-up was not impermissibly sugge

  • Freeman v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-08-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wesley M. Woolverton, Assistant Public Defender, and Amy Salley Public Defender's Office, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Fortner, Solicitor General, and Evelyn Proctor, Assistant Solicitor General, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1864

    The state's objection to the exclusion of testimony regarding a correlation between HGN test results and blood-alcohol content did not constitute manifest necessity requiring a mis