• Evans v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Adams Public Defender's Office, Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Ballard, District Attorney, Thomaston, Robert Smith, Assistant District Attorney, and David Younker District Attorney's Office, Fayetteville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1305

    The jury was authorized to reject a hypothesis that the 60.65 grams of marijuana found at the scene with multiple small individual baggies was for the defendant's persona

  • Mickens v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cerille Nassau, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Micheal D. Thurston, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1190

    Evidence showed that the defendant's DNA matched that of the rape victim's attacker, the defendant's DNA profile would occur in his race group once out of 200 quadrillion people, and he had committe

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley Schoolcraft Public Defender's Office, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Elizabeth A. Baker District Attorney's Office, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1356

    In his appeal from child molestation convictions, the defendant failed to demonstrate a reasonable probability t would not have pled guilty if his trial counsel had not disclosed to the State

  • Jaraysi v. Sebastian

    Publication Date: 2012-11-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Cauthorn III and Leslie D. O'Neal Cauthorn Nohr & O'Dell PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . C. Lee Davis Bailey Davis Brown & Sutton LLC and Kenneth S. Waldrop, Marietta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A0917

    The trial court erred in finding that the landlord breached a subsequent oral agreement to provide security, additional lighting, and to complete construction of an office building across the street

  • Elrod v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Kimble Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jana Allen District Attorney's Office, and Gerald Verzaal, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0721

    The trial court did not err in allowing the state's expert witness to respond to a hypothetical scenario which the evidence supp

  • 3 W. Invs. LLC v. Hamilton State Bank

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Flint, Robert Snyder Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP and Jared Heald, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward Hine, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0240

    The confirmation requirement of O.C.G.A. § 44-14-161a did not apply in this case because the loan for which the plaintiff sought to recover the outstanding balance was not inextricably intertwined w

  • Diplomat Constr. Inc. v. State Bank of Texas

    Publication Date: 2012-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Johnson Knight Johnson LLC, and Ariel D. Zion The Bloom Law Firm LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Joshua J. Lewis, Eric J. Taylor Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP, and Paul H. Anderson Jr., Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A1836

    The testimony of the lender's valuation expert supported the trial court's conclusion that the auction price for the entire leasehold interest was

  • Alden v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Norman H. Cuadra and Gregory E. Vanison Sr., Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosanna M. Szabo, Solicitor General, and Erica K. Dove Solicitor General's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A2015

    The modified bond conditions that the trial court imposed after the defendant failed to appear at his arraignment and bond forfeiture hearings did not constitute punishment prohibiting his subsequen

  • Donald v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Lewis, Norcross, for appellant. Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1438

    The evidence, including eyewitness testimony identifying the defendant as the gunman who robbed a fast food restaurant and its employees before shooting one victim, supported his convictions for bu

  • Jones v. Fayette Family Dental Care Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam P. Taylor, Atlanta, for appellants. Justin B. Connell, Douglas J. Miller Elarbee Thompson Sapp & Wilson LLP, Atlanta, and Larry J. Overman II, Fayetteville, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1472

    The plaintiff failed to show that she suffered severe emotional distress as a result of seeing her employer masturbating in a hallway of his dental pra