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  • Danco Fin. Inc. v. Mauldin Body Shop Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-05-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel A. Coleman, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: G. Channing Ruskell Carson & Ruskell, Woodstock, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0627

    A body shop forfeited its right to storage fees under the abandoned motor vehicle statute, O.C.G.A. § 40-11-2, because it failed to timely notify the vehicle's lien holder and strict compliance with

  • Wingfield v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-05-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. Lenhardt, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard K. Bridgeman, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0427

    The evidence supported the prosecutor's closing statement that the defendant was in the business of dealing

  • Troutman v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Public Defender Standards Council-Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0149

    The victim identified the defendant as one of two men, who got into her taxi, put a gun to her neck and took $65 fro

  • Tuggle v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa L. Smith Public Defender's Office, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Kimberly M. Minicozzi, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0366

    The investigating officer saw the defendant throw away a pipe containing cocaine re

  • Blocker v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig J. Ehrlich Ehrlich Law Group LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Harold A. Buckler, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0229

    The victim's testimony supported the defendant's convictions for rape and false impriso

  • Dixon v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Citronberg and Joseph S. Habachy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2126

    The trial court erred in refusing to charge the jury on the lesser offense of theft by taking, since the defendant offered to waive proof of venue as part of his request for the charge and his sole

  • Countrywide Home Loans Inc. v. King

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monica K. Gilroy and Tania T. Trumble Dickenson Gilroy LLC, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James and Marie King, Douglasville, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A08A2287

    After the expiration of 15-day statutory grace period, the mortgagee became entitled to a verdict and judgment by default in its suit for breach of warranty of title, fraud and intentional misrepres

  • Whatley v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Finnis K. Salmon, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1866

    The trial court harmlessly erred in allowing the state to impeach the defendant's witnesses with evidence of their prior convictions without engaging in O.C.G.A. § 24-9-84.1 a 1's required balancing

  • Kelley v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela B. Dillon, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1702

    The then 8-year-old victim identified the defendant as the man, who approached her while she was playing behind a vacant house, told her to ' "Give me head," ' and put his ' "private" ' in her

  • Gresham v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Abbott, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2388

    Trial counsel's decision not to move to sever the defendant's trial was stra