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  • Statesboro Blues Dev. LLC v. Farmers and Merchants Bank

    Publication Date: 2010-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William K. McGowan, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Kenny Stone Edenfield, Stone & Cox, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1956

    The trial court was entitled to accept the testimony of the bank's expert as to the true market value of the certain real property, because both parties stipulated that the witness was an expert in

  • Krachman v. Ridgeview Institute Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wade K. Copeland Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, and Brenda R. Insley Insley & Race LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1108

    The defendant mental health facility was not entitled to immunity under O.C.G.A. § 37-3-4 for the plaintiff's claim of involuntary detention, since that statute extends immunity only to designated i

  • Taylor v. Padgett

    Publication Date: 2009-10-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shawn D. Bible, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: John S. Husser, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1384

    The juvenile court lacked personal jurisdiction over the mother based on its improper grant of service by public

  • State v. Porter

    Publication Date: 2009-10-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Stephany J. Luttrell, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jimmonique R. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council and Janet W. Hankins, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1508

    The 8-year delay between the defendant's initial arrest and his initial trial date was presumptively prejud

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David F. Dickinson Dickinson, Mixson & Willis, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynn Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Anthony C. Lee Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Ga., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1077

    The state invoked the forfeiture hearing within the required 60 days of service of its complaint by forwarding a blank Rule Nisi to the trial judge and asking that the trial court fix a hearing on o

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, James L. Wright III and Alicia C. Gant, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0793

    Under the circumstances, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in ruling that the defendant was not coerced into pleading guilty on the basis of his plea counsel's lack of prepar

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa L. Smith Public Defender's Office, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Layla H. Zon, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1049

    The co-defendant attempted to take the underaged victim's car at gunpoint and, when he failed, he fled to the defendant's nearby waitin

  • Zuniga v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linda T. Day and Karlyn Skall, Lilburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1245

    The language in the defendant's indictment only required the state to prove that he transmitted herpes to the then 4-year-old v

  • In the Interest of K. F.

    Publication Date: 2009-08-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anton L. Rowe Rowe & Rowe & Thomas LLC, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Thomas L. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1111

    The juvenile court judge lacked jurisdiction to modify the juvenile's commitment order on the grounds raised-significant changes and rehabilitation-under O.C.G.A. § 15-11-40 b, since the juvenile wa

  • Duke v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Macklyn A. Smith, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Kevin T. McMurry, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0721

    The evidence presented at trial raised more than a mere suspicion that the defendant was guilty of repeatedly raping his dau