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  • Estes v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Christopher R. Reeves, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fred A. Lane Jr., District Attorney, and Allen R. Knox, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0495

    The defendant could not complain that the trial court admitted similar transaction evidence, which the defendant elicited from a witness he c

  • Thornton v. Mankovitch

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. McDonald Jr. and Jamie P. Woodard Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Roy B. Roberts, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2003

    The plaintiff lacked standing to sue, since the Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee's settlement of the estate resulted in the corporation becoming de

  • Arkwright v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Aderhold, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Christine S. Barker, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0998

    The state could not use the defendant's prior conviction to seek recidivist sentencing after it used that conviction to prove the offense of possession of a firearm by a convicted

  • Oswell v. Nixon

    Publication Date: 2005-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Wise, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward H. Wasmuth Jr. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1410

    Georgia law does not recognize a private cause of action for the alleged unauthorized practice o

  • Nowill v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirk E. Gilliard Garrett & Gilliard PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2141

    Although the trial court's Allen charge contained inappropriate language, the charge as a whole was not impermissibly coe

  • Felton v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Lenzer and Thomas P. Lenzer Lenzer & Lenzer, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Wesley C. Ross District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2236

    Defendant's custodial videotaped statement was admissible, since the defendant twice initiated further conversation with police after requesting co

  • Carver v. Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William B. Johnson, Jesup, for Carver and others. Raymond S. Gordon Jr. and W. Jefferson Hires Gordon & Hires, Jesup, for Daniels and others. Marvin W. McGahee, Savannah, for Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Co. Clyde M. Urquhart, Woodbine, for Canal Indem. Co. Other party representation: Jeffery N. Osteen Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, William M. McHugh Jr. Durham, McHugh & Duncan PC, Brunswick, and James E. Stein, St. Mary's.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A1746; A04A1747; A04A1748

    Coverage for the plaintiffs' claims was limited by the insurance policy's exclusion for losses arising out of the use of an automobile by those persons who reside in the household of an employee, of

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryellen Simmons, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2066

    Evidence of two prior incidents in which the defendant sexually assaulted unwilling women at night was admissible to rebut his defense of co

  • Foster v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-09-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1393

    Trial counsel was not ineffective for advising the vehicular homicide defendant not to tell the trial judge that he swerved four feet into the emergency lane during rush hour when he bent down to pi

  • Robertson v. CRI Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Ford Anderson Daily LP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leon S. Jones Jones & Walden LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Adam P. Princenthal Law Office of Adam P. Princenthal LLC, Bryan G. Harrison Morris, Manning & Martin, and Jeffrey B. Grim, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A04A0571

    The non-resident defendant engaged in purposeful activity in Georgia when he signed a note agreement and guaranty to induce a Georgia-based bank to fund the oper of a Georgia-based corpor