• Millsaps v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Mark P. Higgins Jr. District Attorney's Office, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A0038

    Conviction for violating Computer or Electronic Pornography and Child Exploitation Act of 2007 affirmed as trial court did not err in denying motion to exclude custodial statements based on improper

  • Schaff v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Gough, Brunswick, and Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, and Jacquelyn L. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Woodbine, for appellee. Other party representation: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A10A0290

    Defense counsel's testimony was not necessary to prove the facts relating to the alleged molestation victim's videotaped recantation, which took place at his office, since others were present during

  • Pareja v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A1667

    Evidence regarding the defendant's former molestation of another child was admissible as a similar transaction, even though the prior molestation occurred approximately 26 years prior to the current