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  • Hicks v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-05-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon Brown & Gill, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Deborah Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0998

    The scheme perpetrated by the defendant involved an investment contract or security, as th ims parted with their money in anticipation of investment gains, a common enterprise existed because t

  • Jordan v. Bennett

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yakov D. Shteyman Kilpatrick Stockton LLP and Edward A. Miller, Atlanta, for appellant. Thomas H. Hinson II Westmoreland, Patterson & Moseley, Macon, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1828

    Since the defendant's home balcony was a static condition, not a hidden peril, pitfall or mantrap, the defendant was liable to the plaintiff only for willful or wanton injuries and no evidence show

  • Veasley v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia G. Abbott Abbott Law Firm, and Gina A. Smalley, Marietta, for appellant. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, and John R. Edwards District Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A1826

    The victims' television was in the truck the defendant was driving minutes after the burglary, along with other items related to the

  • Boykins-White v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-09-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley M. Hannan Smith, Hannan & Parker PC, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Bradfield M. Shealy, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0939

    Trial counsel an ethical obligation not to assist his client in presenting perjured testimony, so counsel was not deficient for failing to present an alibi where the defendant admit at he commi

  • Brandeburg v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A08A0162

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's demurrer and plea in abatement on basis that the state failed to name the specific victim for a theft by taking charge, since defense couns

  • Hamlin v. Ramey

    Publication Date: 2008-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A08A0214

    The father failed to show that the proportional amount of his parenting time constituted a special circumstance, which would make the presumptive amount of child support exce

  • Baker v. Sweat

    Publication Date: 2006-11-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry S. Harrell, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard B. Eason, David S. Crawford Eason, Kennedy & Assocs., Atlanta, Wade H. Coleman Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland, Valdosta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0892

    The defendant lacked standing to maintain a wrongful death action for his adult daughter, since he failed to support, visit or establish a relationship with her during her lif

  • Blier v. Greene

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Martin Jr. Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild LLP, Columbus, for Blier. Charles A. Gower and Gwyn N. Bunn, Columbus, for Greene. Ray L. Allison Denney, Pease, Allison & Kirk, Columbus for the Columbus Clinic. Other Party Representation: Ronald W. Self Self, Mullins PC, Columbus.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A1144; A03A1145

    The 5-year medical malpractice statute of repose did not bar the plaintiffs' sexual assault and battery claims, which did not involve the exercise of professional jud

  • Baker v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Murcier-Ashley, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Andrette Watson, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0091

    The victim unequivocally identified the defendant as the man who attacked him with a large metal

  • State v. Goodwin

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Melvin E. Hyde Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank K. Martin and John T. Martin The Martin Firm, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1271

    The state failed to show that defendant left Georgia or concealed herself so that she could not be arrested on arson charges before the statute of limitation ex