• Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, and Mary K. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0376

    The trial court properly admitted pictures of the defe s damaged vehicle, which officers found in plain sight in the back of his home while investigating the victim's report that he saw the def

  • Curtis v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Assistant Public Defender, Savannah, Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, and Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Ian R. Heap Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A2331

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his voluntary guilty plea, because he failed to show that his plea counsel was ineffe

  • Anderson v. Atlanta Comm. for the Olympic Games Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James N. Sadd Slappey & Sadd, Atlanta, Hardy Gregory Jr. Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, Jefferson C. Callier Taylor, Harp & Callier, Columbus, and Madison B. McClellan Gary, Williams, Parenti, et al., Stuart, Fla., for Anderson. Gilbert H. Deitch Bauer & Deitch PC, and Robin N. Loeb Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for Hawthorne. Thomas R. Mock Jr. Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, for Atlanta Comm. for the Olympic Games Inc.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A03A0428; A03A0429

    A jury question remained as to whether Centennial Olympic Park was operated as a commercial or recreational property at the time of the Olympic Park bo