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  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Fanning Fanning & Hudson, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Charles P. Boring, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1142

    Defendant forfeited his right to open and close arguments when his counsel read the victim's handwritten during cross-examination of the detective who found a Mother's Day card containing the

  • Lovelace v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Wolinski, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Sarah L. Stimac, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1228

    The defendant failed to show harm from the trial court's order requiring him to wear a "stun" belt, which was not visible to th

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, and Kevin W. Durmmond Hamrick, Drummond & Miller LLP, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1103

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's ruling that application of Georgia's rape-shield statute to evidence about the victim's non-sexual relationship with her ex-boyfriend violated the de

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryellen Simmons 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: A03A0107

    The defendant had constructive possession of cocaine found in the car in which he was a passenger because he brought it to the car, told a co-defendant to pull it from under the front seat and plac

  • Mattox v. Condo

    Publication Date: 2003-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. Budd and Brian W. Sprinkle Mabry & McClelland, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Peter A. Law, Davis K. Loftin Peter A. Law PC, and Arthur L. Myers Jr. Allen & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0734

    Gwinnett County was the proper venue for an action seeking to enforce a settlement agreement arising out of underlying traffic accident where the first defendant resided in Gwinnett County and the s

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02G1698

    Application of Georgia's rape-shield statute to evidence about the victim's non-sexual relationship with her ex-boyfriend violated the defendant's confrontation

  • Watts v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Jones King & King & Jones PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0929

    The invalidity of a search warrant, resulting in the seizure of DNA ce against the defendant, was res judicata because the Georgia Supreme Court previously held that the state did not meet its

  • Eason v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Valerie C. Cooke, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0354

    The defendant cut the victim across his face with a pocket knife, causing extensive injury to the victim's nose and sinus c

  • Berrell v. Hamilton

    Publication Date: 2003-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Bennett Bennett & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashley R. Hill, Robert P. Monyak and Scott M. Patterson Love, Willingham, Peters, Gilleland & Monyak LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0556

    The plaintiff failed to establish that his ophthalmologist was negligent in his post-operative treatment of plaintiff following glaucoma su

  • Fincher v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary B. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1490

    Defendant's consent to search his home cured any defect in the officers' warrantless entry onto his pro