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State v. Austin

Publication Date: 2009-05-01
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellant.
for defendant: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A09A0461

An aggravated assault count, which tracked O.C.G.A. § 16-5-21 a 2, contained the elements of aggravated assault and described the alleged criminal act-striking a patient in the head with a metal ins

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Stegall v. State

Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle Drummond & Swindle and Maryellen Simmons, Assistant Chief Public Defender, Carrollton, for appellant.
for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
Case Number: A09A0913

The mere fact that the victim took the stand satisfied O.C.G.A. § 24-3-16's availability requirement, even though she refused to answers any ques

State v. Evans

Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James A. Dooley, Jeffrey L. Ballew, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary B. Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Paige E. Boorman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Mary Erickson and M. Paul Reynolds Peters, Roberts, Reynolds and Erickson PC, Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: S08G0504

A defendant's waiver of his right to counsel is valid, if the record reflects that the defendant ' "was made aware of the dangers of self-representation and nevertheless made a knowing and intellige

Schramm v. Lyon

Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori G. Cohen, Thomas J. Mazziotti, John B. Merchant III and Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Jonathan C. Peters and Jeffrey S. Bazinet Peters & Monyak LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Daniel A. Ragland Ragland & Jones, Harvey R. Spiegel, Phillip C. Henry, Wendy G. Huray Henry, Spiegel, Fried & Milling LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Norman S. Fletcher, Robert L. Berry Jr. and Ansel F. Beacham III Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler & Richardson, Rome. Amicus appellee: J. Marcus Howard Pope & Howard PC and Lyle G. Warshauer Warshauer, Poe & Thornton PC, Atlanta.
Case Number: S08G1391, S08G1418

The 5-year statute of repose did not bar the plaintiff's claims, arising from her development of an overwhelming post-splenectomy infection OPSI and her resulting partial loss of

Bragg v. Oxford Constr. Co.

Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster The Webster Firm PC, Norcross, and Ralph O. Scoccimaro Brown & Scoccimaro PC, Albany, for appellant.
for defendant: . Carrie L. Christie Rutherford & Christie, and Frank M. Lowrey IV and Nicole G. Iannarone Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S08G1031

The acceptance doctrine applicable to independent contractors barred the plaintiffs' recovery against the defendant for injuries allegedly caused by the defendant's work under contract for the count

Lankford v. State

Publication Date: 2009-01-30
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryellen Simmons, Assistant Chief Public Defender, and Jason W. Swindle Drummond & Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant.
for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
Case Number: A09A0208

The defendant was not entitled to a separate trial where his trial involved only three jointly-charged defendants, each man's role in the crimes was fairly well-defined and their defenses were not a

Barnett v. State

Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers, Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Pub. Defender Standards Council and Leigh S. Schrope, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Newnan, Anne C. Allen, District Attorney, Tara M. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S08A1554

The defendant fatally shot the victim in the head and the victim identified the defendant as the sh

Collins v. Dickman

Publication Date: 2009-01-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Carl Reynolds and Bradley J. Survant Reynolds & McArthur, Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: . Robert P. Monyak Peters & Monyak LLP, Susan V. Summers, Trisha L. Lewis Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, and Rush S. Smith Jr. Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A08A1725

The evidence showed that the plaintiff's expert had not engaged in the active practice or teaching of anesthesiology for three of five years preceding the plaintiff's su

Pincherli v. State

Publication Date: 2009-01-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
Case Number: A09A0247

The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for cocaine trafficking based on a traffic stop, which resulted in the seizure of approximately three kilos of cocaine hidden inside the engine of t