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  • Isenhower v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Bullard Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Rachel Gordon Public Defender's Office, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, Newnan, and Timothy Marlow District Attorney's Office, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A1165

    The evidence did not support a finding that the defendant willfully failed to remove herself from the school premises in a timely manner once she was asked to

  • Georgia Clinic PC v. Stout

    Publication Date: 2013-09-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Scott Henwood Hall Booth Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, and Mark Wortham Hall Booth Smith PC, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Peter Law Law & Moran, Atlanta, and Joshua Sacks, Dunwoody, for appellees.
    Case Number: A13A0646

    The jury's punitive damages award to the plaintiffs was supported by clear and convincing evidence that the defendants' negligence in improperly administering an injection to a patient's arthritic k

  • Tyre v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, District Attorney, and Peggy Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0652

    The defendant's Batson motion was properly denied since the State offered racially-neutral reasons for its peremptory strikes and the defendant failed to establish that the reasons given were prete

  • State v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Layla Zon, District Attorney, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Drew Findling, Marissa Goldberg The Findling Law Firm, Musa Ghanayem, Atlanta, and Steven Frey, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0610

    The State's direct appeal was dismissed since the Court lacked jurisdiction as the trial court's order had dismissed fewer than all the counts of the defendant's indictment and was thus not a final

  • In the Interest of L. B.

    Publication Date: 2012-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carolyn Altman, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ernest Crosby, Atlanta, and Thinel Bishop, Villa Rica, for appellee. Other party representation: Victoria Ward, Douglasville.
    Case Number: A12A1567

    The language of OCGA § 15-11-30.1 a 2 A does not restrict the juvenile court's jurisdiction to appoint a permanent guardian to only those children in DFCS cu

  • Parrott v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, Public Defender, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Kevin T. McMurry, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1555

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the prosecutor to make oblique references to the fact that the defendant had submitted to and failed a polygraph examin

  • Galbreath v. Braley

    Publication Date: 2012-10-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Kennedy, Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Highsmith The Highsmith Law Firm PC, Clayton, and James Cornwell, Toccoa, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1115

    On remand, the trial court must reconsider whether and to what extent the appellant may depose the minor female child he is accused of molesting, so as to not exacerbate any psychological harm that