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  • McClure v. Kemp

    Publication Date: 2009-10-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivy N. Cadle Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell and Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1371

    Appellate counsel was deficient for failing to challenge the defendant's conviction under Cooper v. State, 277 Ga. 282

  • Freeman v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-08-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wesley M. Woolverton, Assistant Public Defender, and Amy Salley Public Defender's Office, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Fortner, Solicitor General, and Evelyn Proctor, Assistant Solicitor General, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1864

    The state's objection to the exclusion of testimony regarding a correlation between HGN test results and blood-alcohol content did not constitute manifest necessity requiring a mis

  • Fortis Ins. Co. v. Kahn

    Publication Date: 2009-06-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory F. Harley Burr & Forman LLP, Atlanta, and Frank G. Burt Jorden Burt LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Roy E. Barnes, John R. Bevis The Barnes Law Group, Marietta, Philip W. Savrin, Jacob E. Daly Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, L. Andrew Hollis and Steven W. Couch Hollis & Wright PC, Birmingham, Ala., for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0486

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that common i of law and fact predominate over individual i

  • Hicks v. Heard

    Publication Date: 2009-05-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven K. Leibel, Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: Render C. Freeman, Michael J. Blakely Jr. Anderson, Tate & Carr PC, Lawrenceville, and Jeffrey P. Yashinsky Shur, McDuffie & Morgan, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A0874

    A part-time as-needed employee's prior speeding citation and involvement in a prior minor accident was insufficient to establish her incompetence or a pattern of reckless dr

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-05-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dustin K. Kirby, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, District Attorney, and William M. Olson, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0609

    The arresting officer had probable cause to stop the defendant in a convenience store parking lot for playing loud music in violation of OCGA § 40-6

  • Freeman v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-05-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer F. Arndt, Assistant Public Defender, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Clint C. Malcolm District Attorney's Office, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0543

    The defendant told the victim that she had something for her, then repeatedly struck the victim with a sharp instrument causing a 5 to 6-inch arm wound that required inside sutures and outside st

  • Bone v. The Children's Place Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Creasy III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Bobby B. Terry Misner, Scott & Martin, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A0506

    The defendant presented no evidence in support of its motion for summary judgment on plaintiff's premises liability claims and therefore failed to pierce the allegations set forth in plaintiff's plea

  • Daniels v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall K. Strozier III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2091

    The Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant's convictions for aggravated assault, false imprisonment and firearms off

  • Cannon v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony N. Perrotta, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2252

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence that the defendant previously engaged in a similar pattern of grooming a young boy before molestin

  • Kline v. KDB Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Weinstock and Matthew W. Carlton Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason B. Schwartz Temple, Strickland, Counts & Dinges, Decatur, Harvey S. Gray, Christopher M. Ziegler Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, Cheryl R. Reid and Richard A. Carothers Carothers & Mitchell, Buford, for appellant. Michael Connor Sr. and Michael Connor Jr., Mableton, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A08A1594

    Evidence that the arresting officer had probable cause and exigent circumstances to lawfully arrest the plaintiff without a warrant for criminal trespass at a bar and restaurant precluded the plaint