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Blackwood v. State

Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Adams, A. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William H. Clerke IV, Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A2120

Evidence that the defendant helped to weigh out 32.64 grams of methamphetamine and placed it in bags for purchase by an undercover GBI agent supported his methamphetamine trafficking convi

Chatman v. Mancill

Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Stephen D. Pereira Thompson & Sweeny PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: S05A1862

The rationale behind the opinion in Ryan v. Thomas, 261 Ga. 661 1991-that one member of the public defender's office could not reasonably be expected to assert or argue the ineffective assistance of

December 31, 2005 |

Lessons Learned

The five verdicts of 2005 that are reshaping corporate defense strategies.

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Johnson v. State

Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melissa M. Nelson, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A2187

The defendant was not entitled to the severance of his burglary charges, since both crimes demonstrated a common scheme or

Payne v. State

Publication Date: 2005-11-11
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew W. Payne, Hardwick, proceeded pro se. Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, and William P. Doupe', Assistant District Attorney, Thomson, for appellee.
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Case Number: A05A1137

The defendant could not complain about the state's amended accusation for the first time on a

Fitz v. State

Publication Date: 2005-10-28
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Bernes, Debra
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen P. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, and Jacqualine M. Magistro-Hyde, McDonough, for appellant.
for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Atha H. Pryor, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A0974

The officer had probable cause to continue questioning the defendant based on his extreme nervousness and the conflicting and odd answers to the officer's ques

Allen v. State

Publication Date: 2005-10-28
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas R. Morgan Jr., Woodbury, for appellant.
for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Stephen M. Gray, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, and Robert N. Peterkin, Assistant District Attorney, Greenville, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1177

The statute of limitation on child molestation charges is seven

McKee v. State

Publication Date: 2005-10-14
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Casto, Columbus, for appellant.
for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Columbus, and Mark C. Post, Assistant District Attorney, Hamilton, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1145

The defendant kicked his girlfriend's 7-month-old daughter's walker into a space heater, breaking her arm, then slammed her into the ground, breaking both of her

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

Richardson v. State

Publication Date: 2005-09-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Robinson III, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1154

The evidence supported a finding that the defendant knew or should have known that the rental car he was driving was s