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  • Wheeler v. Akins

    Publication Date: 2014-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A14A0075; A14A0076

    The mother's child support obligation was improperly modified retroactively, since the arrearage amount determination included a time period prior to the order for her to begin child support pay

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sanford Wallack Wallack Law PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James McDade, District Attorney, and James Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0096

    The trial court properly concluded that the officer did not unreasonably prolong the traffic stop, since the officer was permitted to continue the defendant's detention while he verified the defenda

  • Collins v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John H. Bradley Public Defender's Office, Millegeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Charles L. Guerin IV and Daniel B. Cochran, Assistant District Attorneys, Millegeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0045

    Any error in the trial court admitting testimony that the defendant was the victim's first sexual partner was harmless, as it was cumulative of the victim's other testimony regarding this same fact,

  • Ga. Inv. Int'l Inc. v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-09-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael D. Robl Spears & Robl LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert A. Weber The Weber Firm LLC, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1407

    The maker and guarantor of promissory note could not assert promissory estoppel as an affirmative defense to default, since the bank's alleged promises to refinance or issue a new line of credit wer

  • Cedartown N. Partnership LLC v. Georgia Dept. of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Wright Gammon Jr. Gammon, Anderson & McFall, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, and Robert M. Dyer Robert M. Dyer & Assoc., Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2266; A08A2267

    The appellant untimely filed its notices of appeal 34 days after the appellee served it with two condemnation petitions and declarations of t

  • Rucker v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony S. Carter, Monroe, and John T. Strauss, Newton County Pub. Defender, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1743

    The known but untested informant did not provide any information concerning the defendant's future behavior to support the officer's traffic

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald R. Akin, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Margaret E. Bagley, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0521

    Defendants' infant daughter had multiple fractures which neither defendant could ex

  • Dodd v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2001-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Weber Jr. Smith, Gilliam & Williams, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0172

    A jury question remained as to whether decedent's daughter and her husband held six acres in a constructive trust for decedent's e

  • Patel v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce F. Morriss and Daniel Shim Morriss, Lober & Dobson LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, Shukura L. Ingram and Craig E. Miller, Assistant Solicitors, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2390

    The trial court erred in concluding that it lacked discretion to grant defendant's motion for leniency on his misdemeanor sentences after the term of court in which the sentences were en

  • Markowitz v. Wieland

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. McKenney McKenny & Froelich, Robb E. Hellwig and Richard R. Hays Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A99A1888, A99A1889

    Since plaintiffs chose to affirm a purchase and sale contract which included a merger clause and a disclaimer provision, they could not claim that they relied on the sellers' alleged misrepresenta