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  • Young v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-10-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon Hicks, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Frances Kuo District Attorney's Office, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0796

    The defendant did not show that his counsel was ineffective in providing him with the requisite knowledge to make an informed and intelligent waiver of his right to a jury

  • Bettis v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brooks and Jessica Benjamin Public Defender's Office, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Wright, District Attorney, Charles Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, and Joshua Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0462

    The trial court erred in summarily denying the defendant's constitutional right to self-representation without following the procedures contemplated by Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 1975 and i

  • Berger v. Welsh

    Publication Date: 2014-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Horvath and John Smith Smith Horvath LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Blazer and John Robinson Robinson & Blazer LLP, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A1782

    Under either the Federal Arbitration Act or the Georgia Arbitration Code, the superior court erred in vacating the award of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbit

  • Byrd v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter and Lindsay Gardner, District Attorneys, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A1403

    Defense counsel was ineffective in failing to object to that portion of the trial court's jury charge on aggravated assault which removed from the jury's province the issue of whether the handgun t

  • 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