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  • Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Woodbine, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Diane L. Dodd and Katie M. Udy District Attorney's Office, Woodbine, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2114

    An unanticipated special condition associated with the defendant's probated sentence did not render his guilty plea involu

  • Mattox v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-09-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna A. Seagraves, Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Leslie S. Jones, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1794

    The state was not required to show a substantial step toward committing and the evidence presented at trial authorized the jury to infer that the defendant had the requisite intent to

  • Frazier v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark J. Nathan, Assistant Public Defender, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Julayaun M. Waters, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0304

    In light of victim's testimony and totality of evidence, no substantial likelihood of misidentification existed, so the trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress the show

  • Bryant v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Whitman, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Christa L. Kirk District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0970

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to sever charges related to a rape and burglary from his eight other burglary charges, since all of the charges against him clearly show

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-06-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel D. Morgan, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and John A. Tully District Attorney's Office, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1298

    The state was not required to show that the defendant knew he was within 1,000 feet of public housing to support a conviction under OCGA § 16-13

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Edwards, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0322

    The evidence was sufficient to convict defe for carrying a concealed weapon, because police found a knife when they searched defe

  • Love v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John N. Habib, Assistant Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee
    Case Number: A10A0032

    An apartment complex security guard's testimony that he previously warned the defendant to stay off the premises was admissible and relevant to prove the criminal trespass charge, since it showed t

  • Freese II, Inc. v. Moses

    Publication Date: 2010-01-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Webb, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony T. Pete The Pete Firm PC, and Morris P. Fair Jr., Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A2294

    The defendant waived its claims of error regarding a verdict form, which it proffered and the trial court accepted and

  • Duffie v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven D. Knittle, Assistant Public Defender, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, and Cheri L. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2281

    The state gave race-neutral reasons for its use of peremptory strikes against the only two black potential j

  • 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