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  • Sallee v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A14A1439

    The evidence supported the attorney's conviction for insurance fraud, since the record showed that the attorney encouraged the seller of real property destroyed by fire to file an insurance claim on

  • Watson v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Rasnick, Manchester, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1020

    The defendant failed to overcome the strong presumption that his trial counsel acted reasonably in not calling his mother and aunt as witnesses, since neither trial counsel nor either proposed witne

  • Goodwin v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A08A2088

    The defendant admitted that he entered a parked vehicle and unsuccessfully demanded that the driver hand over his wallet, then took another victim's purse at gun

  • Warren v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-01-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A07A2482

    The defendant had prior tions in Minnesota for third degree assault, which carried a maximum punishment of three years in prison, thus the evidence supported a finding that the defendant had a

  • King v. Goodwin

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig N. Cowart Miller, Cowart & Howe LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Wolfe Chambliss, Higdon & Carson, and Oliver W. Horne III Reynolds, McArthur & Horne, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1595

    The administer of the decedent's estate lacked standing to assert a wrongful death claim under O.C.G.A. § 51-4-2 a, since the decedent had a son over the age of 21, who failed to bring such an actio

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-08-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Orin L. Alexis, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Ronald M. Adams, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1369

    The defendant placed the topic of his parole revocation hearing at issue when he asked the testifying officer about it, so the state was entitled to clarify the m