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  • May v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Williams and Philip Clark Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, District Attorney, Covington, and Ronald McNease, Assistant District Attorney, Cuthbert, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0887

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion to suppress the less than one gram of methamphetamine an officer discovered during a pat-down for weapons, as the pat-down was justified and th

  • Piedmont Hosp. Inc. v. D. M.

    Publication Date: 2016-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Hotchkiss, Charles Smith, and Paul Weathington Weathington Smith PC, Atlanta, for Piedmont Hospital. Hunter Allen, Joscelyn Hughes Allen, McCain O'Mahoney PC, Jennifer Jordan Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward, and Frank Ilardi Warshauer Law Group PC, Atlanta, for D. M. in Case No. A15A1572. Simuel Doster, Hunter Allen, and Joscelyn Hughes Allen, McCain O'Mahoney PC, Atlanta, for Colquitt in Case No. A15A1573. Jennifer Jordan Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward, and Frank Ilardi Warshauer Law Group PC, Atlanta, for D. M. in Case No. A15A1573.
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    Case Number: A15A1572; A15A1573

    The plaintiff's negligence and fraud claims were subject to the 5-year statute of repose because they arose out of the breach of a professional duty to inform the plaintiff that a blood test indicat

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Parker, Assistant Public Defender, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Edwards, District Attorney, Melinda Wynne, and Lela Alvonellos District Attorney's Office, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1446

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty to several charges, as the defendant failed to show that he was not competent to enter the

  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad Haddad Law Group, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell Thomas, Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0740

    The trial court did not err in refusing to dismiss a juror for alleged improper contact with the State's main witness in the defendant's DUI trial, since the juror testified that he was merely attem

  • Sullivan v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-05-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, District Attorney, and James Dunn, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A2045

    The trial court properly declined to merge the defendant's convictions for criminal damage to property in the first degree and criminal damage to property in the second degree arising from his assau

  • Lucas v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-05-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock Brock Law LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1949

    The defendant did not clearly and unequivocally invoke his right to remain silent when he stated during a police interview, "I don't want to hear no more. Take me to

  • Barnes v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Sparks, Assistant Public Defender, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Poston, District Attorney, and Susan Franklin, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A2299

    The defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim, and the trial court therefore properly denied his motion to withdraw his guilty plea on the ground that he pled guilt

  • December 6, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Reinstatement of Attorneys From the 2011 Pro Hac Vice Ineligible List

    The New Jersey Lawyers' Fund For Client Protection declares that the following attorneys, having fully satisfied the requirements of Rule 1:28-2, are eligible to appear pro hac vice in New Jersey i

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