• Garcia v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0510

    The defendant was not entitled to a charge on conspiracy as a lesser offense where the undisputed evidence showed commission of the completed

  • Effingham County Bd. of Tax Assessors v. Samwilka Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric R. Gotwalt Zipperer & Lorberbaum PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter C. Hartridge and David B. Dennison Bouhan, Williams & Levy LLP, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1790

    An individual's "benefit" in property owned through tenancy in common should be determined on pro-rata basis for the purposes of O.C.G.A. § 48-5-7.4 b 3-restricting a person's conservation use tax t

  • Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. Of Ga. v. Doe

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Bryan K. Webb, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ralph W. Ellis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren N. Sams III The Sams Law Firm, T. Joshua Archer and Michael J. Bowers Balch & Bingham, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1892

    Material issues of fact remained as to whether the Board of Regents of the University System rgia breached a 1997 employment contract to hire the plaintiff as a tenured full professor and dean

  • Kace Invs. LP v. Hull

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Trotter III, Warren D. Evans William A. Trotter III PC, William J. Williams Johnston, Wilkin & Williams, Augusta, John K. Larkins Jr. and Thomas D. Bever Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John B. Long and A. Montague Miller Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier PA, Augusta, for appellees. Other party representation: Robert C. Hagler, James W. Purcell Fulcher, Hagler, Reed, Hanks & Harper, and William M. Fleming, Augusta.

    Case Number: A05A2014

    The defendants were entitled to amend their counterclaim, since claims remained pending after the remittitur was returned to the trial court following an appeal on cross motions for summary judgment

  • In the Interest of A. R. A. S.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Webb, Assistant Public Defender, Chatsworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Cynthia N. Johnson, Cohutta, for appellee. Other party representation: Philip F. Woodward, Dalton.

    Case Number: A06A0331

    Parents have no right to refuse to testify at a parental rights hearing, even to avoid self-incrimination, and, if a parent refuses to testify, the trial court is authorized to draw a negative infer

  • Baughcum v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ann C. Stahl, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Sharon M. Fox, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0261

    The defendant was not entitled to a mistrial based on the similar transaction witness's unresponsive statements during defense counsel's questi

  • In the Interest of M. S.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald R. Parker, Assistant Pub. Defender, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0149

    Child molestation is not a designated felony under O.C.G.A. § 15-

  • In the Interest of M. S.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald R. Parker, Assistant Pub. Defender, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0149

    Child molestation is not a designated felony under O.C.G.A. § 15-

  • Andrews v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner and Tammi S. Long Begner & Begner PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Anne M. Long and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A2267

    All direct appeals following the revocation of a drug court defendant's probationary status, which are filed after the date of this opinion as subject to the discretionary application procedures of

  • Woods v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Acworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, Layla V. Hinton, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1744

    The trial court's admission of an investigator's statement that the victim was "believable" did not amount to plain