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  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas R. Morgan Jr., Woodbury, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Stephen M. Gray, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, and Robert N. Peterkin, Assistant District Attorney, Greenville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1177

    The statute of limitation on child molestation charges is seven

  • Patten v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1038

    The trial court improperly admitted the defendant's prior conviction for impeachment purposes, since the conviction was not inconsistent with his trial testimony regarding his whereabouts during a s

  • Hampton v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin T. Hampton, Helena, proceeded pro se. Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Jeffrey W. Hunt, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Julie A. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S05A1168

    The murder defendant's numerous claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel were meri

  • Fernandez v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin W. Drummond, Carrollton, for Fernandez. Gerald P. Word Johnson, Word & Simmons, Carrollton, for Esparza. Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A05A1046; A05A1047

    The defendants' nervousness and conflicting stories about why they traveled from California to Atlanta authorized the jury to find that they were aware of the 33 kilos of cocaine, which was hidden i

  • Barber v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shawna M. Woods Head, Thomas, Webb & Willis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0618

    The defendant willingly participated in a gunfight in a parking lot and an innocent bystander was fatally wounded during the exchange of gu

  • At Sys. Southeast Inc. v. Carnes

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. McCarter Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Allen L. Broughton Broughton & Fernandez, Roswell, and Peter A. Law, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1879

    $1.25 million award to plaintiff for injuries she sustained when vehicle she was riding in was hit by an armored truck operated by the defendant's employee was supported by evidence of her considera

  • American Multi-Cinema Inc. v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry E. Scrudder Jr., Aaron J. Aberson Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass LLP, David M. Atkinson Magill & Atkinson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Shean D. Williams, Hezekiah Sistrunk Jr. Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Sistrunk PC, Peter A. Law, and Allen L. Broughton, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Edgar S. Mangiafico Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A04A1475

    The trial court reversibly erred in charging the jury on ratification since the charge misled the jury into believing that the defendant could be liable based solely for retaining an off-duty offic

  • Eason v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin W. Drummond and Ruth K. Johnson, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2206

    The defendant failed to show that his trial counsel was defi

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryellen Simmons, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2066

    Evidence of two prior incidents in which the defendant sexually assaulted unwilling women at night was admissible to rebut his defense of co

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-06-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word and Jason W. Swindle Word & Simmons PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0136

    The trial court did not err in admitting defendant's statement to police that he would identify a major drug player if they let him walk away since there was no evidence that the officers coerced or