• Stewart v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, Newnan, and Timothy Marlow District Attorney's Office, Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0337

    Affirmative evidence showing that others had equal access to the room where officers found drugs rebutted, as a matter of law, any presumption of possession arising from the fact that the defendant

  • State v. Able

    Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rosemary Greene, Thomas Campbell, District Attorneys, and Sharon Fox, Deputy District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry White, Cartersville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A13A0653

    The trial court failed to state any findings of fact or conclusions of law as to whether the defendants gave police officers valid and voluntary consent to enter their apartment, resulting in the of

  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Hicks and Amanda Gaddis Law Office of Gregory Hicks, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Cannon, Solicitor General, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1151

    The evidence did not support the defendant's conviction for tampering with evidence, after she allegedly swallowed marijuana during a struggle with off

  • Jordan v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, District Attorney, and Teresa Klein District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1229

    The evidence, including the 11-year-old victim's testimony, photographic evidence and testimony from a sexual assault nurse examiner supported the defendant's convic

  • Triple Eagle Assocs. Inc. v. PBK Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Renee Huskey and Cary Ichter Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ann M. Vaughn, Kenya L. Patton and Jack C. Lance Jr., Blairsville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A10A0988

    The trial court erred in holding that a settlement agreement requiring property to be "marketed" within a "suitable period of time" was unenforceable for lack of certainty and definit