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  • Humphrey v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy M. Grantham, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and William J. Hunter, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0975

    The victim's testimony that she was 16 years of age when the defendant offered her money in exchange for sex authorized the trial court to conclude that the victim was under the statutory age for pa

  • DeVente v. Flora

    Publication Date: 2009-09-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick D. Burkey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Allen W. Bodiford, Stockbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1166

    Under O.C.G.A. § 19-7-1 c 1 & 2, the minor decedent's posthumously born child had the exclusive right to pursue a wrongful death claim for her father's hom

  • Pritchard v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-09-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Salvatore L. Schiappa III Frederick J. Hanna & Assoc., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Anne M. Kurtz District Attorney's Office, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1181

    The only evidence supporting the traffic stop was that the defendant's car was in front of a residence, which officers previously r

  • Bazin v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-09-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Holt, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Catherine H. Helms, District Attorney, and Patricia A. Pickett District Attorney's Office, Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0819

    The record belied the defendant's contention that defense counsel was deficient for advising him to waive his right to a jury

  • Hilliard v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-07-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul K. Cook, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, and Sandra Dutton, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0131

    Induced error, in which a witness vouched for the aggravated sexual battery and child molestation victim's veracity, is not the basis for rev

  • Proctor v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matt A. Hirsch King & King & Jones PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and John A. Pipkin III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0766

    The arresting officer had authority to execute a traffic stop for following too closely based on his observation of the defendant driving on an interstate approximately one car-length away from the

  • Smith v. Chemtura Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph J. Villani Villani & Assocs. PC, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John J. Dalton, Kevin A. Maxim and Merle R. Arnold III Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A08A1952

    The plaintiffs failed to state a claim for attractive nuisance, since such a theory is unavailable to adult plaintiffs and no evidence showed that any of the children plaintiffs were trespassing on

  • Cook v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Thomas R. McBerry, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2070

    The defendant had the right to represent himself on appeal if he adequately waived his right to counsel and elected to exercise his constitutional right to

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Watkins, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Atha H. Pryor, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2206

    The defendant beat a deputy in his head and face, causing a concussion and bone fra

  • Hornsby v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven P. Berne, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Eric C. Crawford, District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2427

    Absent a showing of prejudice or bias, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to strike two prospective jurors, who knew the investigating off