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  • Martin v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant. Brian K. Fortner, Solicitor General, and Sherrill N. Britt, Douglasville, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A1922

    The testimony of the chief deputy sheriff and two field officers established that the roadblock that led to the defendant's arrest was implemented in accordance with applicabl

  • Bautista v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leah D. Madden Davis, Madden & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David McDade, District Attorney, Ryan R. Leonard and James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1330

    First-degree vehicular homicide cases do not have to include aggravating factors such as speeding or driving while intoxicated, but instead can be proven by showing that a defendant caused the death

  • Staton v. State Farm Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David F. Guldenschuh, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: John A. Owens, J. Clinton Sumner Jr. Magruder & Sumner, Rome, Cubbedge Snow III and Thomas P. Allen III Martin Snow LLP, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1606

    The plaintiff was not a named insured and was not entitled to stack the UM coverage in his employer's insurance policies covering two vehicles that were not involved in the underlying car acc

  • Gunn v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle Drummond & Swindle and Maryellen Simmons, Assistant Chief Circuit Public Defender, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Anne C. Allen and Jeffery W. Hunt, Assistant District Attorneys, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1595

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of the defendant's prior sexual abuse of three other children to show his intent or state of mind, because the evidence was suffici

  • Moran v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A08A1525

    The defendant waived the disqualification of a juror, whose uncle was the victim's grandfather, because the defendant offer no evidence that neither he, nor his counsel knew of or could have dis

  • Cotton States Mut. Ins. Co. v. Stephen Brown Ins. Agency Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A07A1720; A08A0960

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion when it granted an interlocutory injunction compelling post contract-termination payments from the defendants pending arbitration of the parties' br

  • Trujillo v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Atlantic Beach, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Brunswick, and William S. Hart, Woodbine, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0936

    Evidence that an officer seized two duffle bags weighing over 50 pounds and containing plant matter, which tested positive rijuana in three separate tests, supported the defendant's conviction

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl J. Spence, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosanna M. Szabo, Solicitor, and Liza M. Moultrie Solicitor General's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1356

    Two breath tests taken 11 minutes apart were taken sequentially for the purposes of O.C.G.A. § 40-

  • 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

  • Ledford v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stacy D. Barnett The Barnett Law Firm, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Allen D. Morris, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1397

    The defendant's previous use of a pocketknife to stab someone in anger and without provocation was relevant to the issue of whether he intended to threaten or harm the victim in this