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  • Jenkins v. Georgia Dep't of Corrections

    Publication Date: 2006-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: August F. Siemon III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Bryan K. Webb, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Steffanie W. Morrison, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0863

    A settlement agreement, in which the defendant agreed to employ the plaintiff temporarily, created an at-will employment relationship, since the language in the agreement did not specify a time fram

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0706

    The defendant did not clearly and unambiguously request counsel when he asked the investigator "If I ask for an attorney will I be arr

  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Akil K. Secret, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James E. Barker and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0027

    The defendant used his father's social security number to obtain a $18,710.90 check from an internet finance company, which he used to buy a used vehicle from a car deale

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Katherine K. Lumsden, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0240

    Evidence that the defendant brandished two knives and made stabbing or throwing motions towards two out of the three officers who attempted to disarm him supported his convictions for two counts of

  • Pless v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice Brown Solicitor General's Office, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and David K. Getachew-Smith District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2320

    Any error in the admission of the defendant's prior conviction for criminal property damage for intentionally setting a fire was harmless, given the overwhelming evidence of his guilt in this

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah H. Pines, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2011

    The defendant confessed to stealing and burning an automobile and committing the armed robberies of a beer delivery truck and a package

  • In the Interest of L. A. N.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Thomas L. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert L. Mack Jr., Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2123

    13-year-old juvenile did not have a constitutionally protected privacy interest in having alleged consensual sexual intercourse with her 17-year-old step-br

  • Mathis v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-11-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wystan B. Getz Oakhurst Law Group of Getz LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2150

    The trial court's proper comments and direction of defense counsel during the defendant's trial did not violate O.C.G.A. § 17

  • Wilson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy M. Grantham, Donalsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and Richard L. Parker, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2041

    The trial court harmlessly erred in admitting a copy of a forged check, since the state's witnesses provided direct testimony regarding the details of the check and specifically testified about the

  • Daguilar v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul M. Ledbetter Jr., Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Melanie N. McCrorey, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1833

    After the defendant exercised his right to self-representation, he had no right to both represent himself and be represented by co