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  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle Drummond & Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, and Emily K. Richardson District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0126

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion for new trial alleging that he was improperly tried on an accusation, where defense counsel expressly waived the right to a preliminary

  • Shell v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael L. Hubbard, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, and Emily K. Richardson District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0236

    The officer was authorized to initiate the tr stop based on his observation of the defendant impeding the flow of tr

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Wolinski, Hahira, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and Michael L. Bankston, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1662

    The state did not meet its burden of proving that the officer's stop of the defendant's car was based on a reasonable articulable susp

  • Jenkins v. Wachovia Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Kytle, Atlanta, David Humphreys and Paul Catalano Humphreys Wallace Humphreys PC, Tulsa, Okla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert R. Ambler Jr. and John G. Perry Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A2053

    The plaintiff's complaint set for claim for negligence and negligence per se based on a teller's actions in improperly accessing the plaintiff's confidential inform

  • Villanueva v. First Am. Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh C. Wood Wood & Meredith LLP and Derick C. Villanueva, Atlanta, for appellants. Frederic S. Beloin and Charles W. Brown Beloin & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A1344

    In a case of first impression, the Court held that a legal malpractice claim for financial loss, involving solely the right of property, was assig

  • Shelley v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant. Brian K. Fortner, Solicitor General, and Sherrill N. Britt, Douglasville, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A2172

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress, as the evidence supported a finding that a supervisory officer implemented the roadblock at which the defendant was stopped

  • Sipplen v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark T. Phillips Phillips & Nemajovsky PC, Albany, for appellant. J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Tracy K. Chapman, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A1965

    The trial court harmlessly erred in charging the jury that only the slightest movement could support the asportation element of the kidnapping offense, since the evidence demonstrated that asportati

  • Villanueva v. First Am. Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derick C. Villanueva, Atlanta, for appellants. Frederic S. Beloin and Charles W. Brown Beloin & Associates LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A1344

    In a case of first impression, the Court held that a legal malpractice claim for financial loss, involving solely the right of property, is assig

  • Nix v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Richard Stepp, Lawrenceville, for appellant. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Robby A. King District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A1577

    The defendant was legally detained when the officer requested consent to search the car immediately after giving the defendant a verbal warning and instructing him to repair an inoperative head

  • Williams v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. James Rockefeller The Rockefeller Law Center, Warner Robins, for appellant. Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, and Carmel W. Sanders, Macon, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A2184

    OCGA § 19-8-18 e provides that adoption decrees are not subject to any judicial challenge filed more than six months after entry of the decree and the biological mother, who was incarcerated at the