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  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth. v. Morris

    Publication Date: 2016-01-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent Hyman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Katherine Jackson and Charles McAleer McAleer Law, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A1609

    The trial court properly denied defendant MARTA's motion for directed verdict in a personal injury suit, because the evidence sufficiently established that a bus driver who sideswiped the plaintiffs

  • Sabb v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-09-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Sheppard, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, District Attorney, and Marlene Zekser, District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0904

    The evidence sufficiently established that the defendant had joint constructive possession of cocaine found in her renta

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A11A1778; A11A2221

    The defendant did not show that his counsel was ineffective in failing to file a motion to suppress the contraband evidence, since the officers stopped the vehicle for failure to maintain lane, were

  • Newton v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle Drummond & Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Jeffery W. Hunt, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A2141

    The trial court properly admitted evidence of the defendant's prior drug conviction as a similar transaction to show his bent of mind and course of conduct in operating a methamphetamine laboratory

  • Jones v. White

    Publication Date: 2011-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexa R. Ross and Richard L. Robbins RobbinsFreed, Atlanta, for Jones. James E. Dearing Jr., Atlanta, for White. Christopher W. Phillips Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for Khalil. William B. Hill Jr. and Joseph C. Sharp Ashe, Rafuse & Hill LLP, Atlanta, for Brock. Other party representation: Jeffrey M. Smith, Mark G. Trigg, Richard J. Valladares, and Ryan C. Grelecki Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1047; A11A1048; A11A1049; A11A1050; A11A1051

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant consultant, as material issues of fact remained regarding the fee-splitting arrangement between the plaintiff and this defendant,

  • Everett v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer R. Burns Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Margaret E. Heap, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0630

    Given the overwhelming evidence against him, the defendant could not show prejudice from his trial counsel's failure to object to the introduction of his prior conv

  • Knox v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice Brown, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and Alvera A. Wheeler, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2312

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting similar transaction evidence of three previous incidents involving the same fundamental features as the stalking episode for which the defen

  • Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Gaster

    Publication Date: 2001-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mason White and Hames D. Kreyenbuhl Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Stephen Sims Barrow & Sims PC and John G. Hunter, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2252

    The business pursuits exclusion in defendant's homeowner's policy did not preclude coverage for the injury her client sustained when he fell on a step-down into her living room because her maintenan

  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. Murray, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Stephen E. Spencer, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2306

    The state negated any inference that a not-guilty verdict would make it worse for the v by telling the jury that their decision would not change what happened to the v

  • Horton v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin G. Hilliard, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1225

    The trial court should have considered defendant for first offender treatment since he committed armed robbery before the legislature barred application of the First Offender Act to defendants convi