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  • Weems v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh B. Merchant The Merchant Law Firm PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fred A. Lane Jr. Georgia Dep't of Ins., Atlanta, and Eric K. Dunaway, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0739

    The defendant's more than 3-year delay in asserting his constitutional right to a speedy trial weighed heavily against him as did his failure to show prej

  • Young v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rex B. Abernathy Cook & Connelly, Summerville, for Young. Johnny R. Dennis, Summerville, for Williams. Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Bruce E. Roberts, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A0412; A11A0447

    The arresting officer's brief inquiry into the nature of defendants' trip did not impermissibly expand the scope or duration of their initial traffic

  • Turnage v. Kasper

    Publication Date: 2010-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Wales, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Melinda D. Taylor Spruell, Taylor & Assocs. PC, Marietta, and Sharon T. McCoy The McCoy Law Firm LLC, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1598

    Jury erred in finding first defendant liable for slanderous remarks of second defendant because first defendant was not present when second defendant made the slanderous remarks, and evidence did no