• Gonzalez v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Jimmie E. Baggett Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1465

    The officers' actions in stopping the defendant's vehicle were valid, even though they had ulterior motives in initiating the stop, since they observed the defendant committing a traffic viol

  • Flores v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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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: A05A2201

    O.C.G.A. § 16-13-31 e 3 mandated the defendant's sentence of 25 years with a $1 million

  • Bradford v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Demetria Williams DeKalb County Pub. Defender's Office, and Ruth Rocker, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and David McLaughlin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2442

    The indictment charging the defendants from t money from three named mortgagees on three specified dates sufficiently charged the crimes of theft by t

  • Yates v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Land Newton County Public Defender's Office, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Layla v. Hinton, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1272

    Defendant's sentence requiring him to serve time in a probation detention center did not violate the constitutional prohibition on ex post facto laws, even though the sentencing statute in effect wh

  • Blackford v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glynn R. Stepp Stepp & Randazzo LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Phil Wiley and Dawn H. Taylor, Assistant District Attorneys, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1869

    Defendant was not entitled to a charge on accident because he admitted that he grabbed the victim by the throat to get her to pas