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  • Beasley v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-02-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Durant, Tucker, and Loletha Hale, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and John Cranford District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1713

    Double jeopardy did not bar retrial following the defendant's conviction for cocaine trafficking, because the error he complained of—a conflict of interest on the part of the trial judge—did not im

  • Glispie v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Kurlander Public Defender's Office, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Read, District Attorney, and Roberta Earnhardt, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1281

    The evidence was insufficient to support the defen conviction for failure to stop at a stop sign, because the State failed to prove venue as to that charge, but the evidence supported the defe

  • Schaff v. Snapping Shoals Elec. Membership Corp.

    Publication Date: 2014-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David Rhodes, William Horlock Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor & Lazarus LLP, Atlanta, Hugh McNatt, and Hugh Peterson McNatt, Greene & Peterson PC, Vidalia, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1045

    The electric membership corporation was entitled to summary judgment in the plaintiff's negligence lawsuit, although the corporation owned the utility pole on which the plaintiff was working when a

  • Clowers v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Hughes Hughes & Manning LLP, and F. Renee Regard Rockwell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Ballard, District Attorney, Robert Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, and Adam Younker, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A1625

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for selling marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and obstructing law enforcement officers arising from his participation in

  • R & R Insulation Servs. Inc. v. Royal Indem. Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth A. Litman, Leslie J. Suson Thompson Hine LLP and Edward M. Newsom Smith, Moore, Leatherwood LLP, Atlanta, for R & R Insulation Services. Michael M. Raeber, William L. Durham II, Jessica E. Sabbath King & Spalding, Michael A. McKenzie, Jefferson C. McConnaughey, Karen D. Fultz Cozen O'Connor, Steven G. Hall Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, Mark D. Aljets Nyemaster, Goode, Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien, Des Moines, Jay M. Goldstein Butler, Pappas, Weihmuller, Katz, Craig LLP, Charlotte, N.C., Paul Hines, Alyssa J. Endelman Denenberg Tuffley PLLC, Southfield, Mich., Thomas Paolini, Dana R. Bowling, Michael F. Wallace Law Offices of Robert A. Stutman PC, Berlin, N.J., and M. Yusuf Mohamed, Oakwood, for Royal Indemnity. Edward M. Newsom Smith, Moore, Leatherwood LLP, Atlanta, for Crane.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A1537; A10A1538; A10A1539; A10A1540

    While the evidence showed that plaintiff spoliated evidence, and such spoliation prejudiced defendants, the trial court did not err in denying the defendants' motion to for sanctions, specifically d

  • Rivers v. H. S. Beauty Queen Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Boyd and Mary-Dallas J. Roper Reynolds, Horne & Survant, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne W. Dempsey Jr., Michael J. Goldman and Brian W. Sprinkle Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1210

    The defendant company did not breach an implied warranty of merchantability because the plaintiff neither presented evidence that a defect in the item made it inappropriate to use for its ordinary

  • State v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2010-09-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and John O. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Lubinsky, Joseph L. Roberto, Dasha M. Jackson, Atlanta, Max C. Richardson Jr. and Heather L. McPhillip, Norcross, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A0954

    No evidence showed how long the defendants had been at the search house, if they were there with the renter's permission or if they were overnight guests; therefore, the defendants did not have a re