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  • Allen v. McGuire

    Publication Date: 2016-11-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Webster, Atlanta, for Allen. Vic Hill and Brad MacDonald Hill/ MacDonald LLC, Marietta, for Miller. Jacquelyn Luther and Valencia Thurman Jacquelyn Luther, Esq., P.C., Atlanta, for McGuire.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A16A1301; A16A1302; A16A1303

    The Court partially reversed the trial court's ruling in a child cu action, finding that father was entitled to a new trial on his petition for modification of cu

  • Rollins v. Rollins

    Publication Date: 2016-09-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Lamar Mixson, Timothy Rigsbee, and Lisa Strauss Bondurant, Mixson Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John Dalton, Alan Bakowski, James Lamberth, Katie Balthrop Troutman Sanders, Lynette Smith Chick-fil-A Inc., and Sidney Moore The Moore Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Curiae: John Larkins, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A2516

    Questions of fact remained in an action for breach of and breach of fiduciary duty regarding the management of a family

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Daniel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Fortner, District Attorney, Emily Richardson, and David Emadi District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1966

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion to suppress drug evidence officers discovered in his vehicle after a drug dog alerted to the presence of narcotics during a traffic stop, as t

  • Springer v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-02-09
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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: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0598

    Where the evidence authorizes a finding that a defendant's reckless conduct is an included crime in an aggravated assault, verdicts finding him guilty of both of those offenses are not mutually excl

  • Cesari v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Kondritzer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1389

    After the defendant voluntarily absented himself from the courtroom and then returned and asked to be let inside, the trial court denied him his right to be present during a critical stage of the pr

  • Barney v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine Mason, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman, District Attorney, Tony May, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, and Mary McKinnon, Sandersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1528

    Upon resentencing, the trial court was required to acknowledge on the record that it was aware of its discretion to suspend or probate a portion of the defendant's 20-year required sentences on his

  • Holland Ins. Grp. LLC v. Senior Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2014-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Chancey, Meredith Guerrero Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, Drake Zaharris, and Patricia Lambert Pessin Katz Law PA, Towson, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William Holland, Edward Preston, and Gregory Talley Coleman Talley LLP, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1235

    The restrictive covenant in the parties' now-terminated agency agreement was unreasonable and unenforceable because it penalized the plaintiff for accepting unsolicited business from the defendant's

  • The Revocable Trust of Timothy W. Griffin v. Timberlands Holding Co. Atl. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2014-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Crosby, James King Hudson King, and Carlton Fleming Sims, Fleming & Swan, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Patrick Powell and James Durham Durham & Rizzi PC, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0660

    Genuine issues of material fact remained in the plaintiff's prescriptive easement

  • State v. Hammonds

    Publication Date: 2014-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, Newnan, Anne Allen, Assistant District Attorney, and Timothy Marlow District Attorney's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry Pilgrim The Pilgrim Law Group LLC, Villa Rica, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A2023

    The defendant high school secretary/assistant cheerleading coach was not among the classification of individuals subject to prosecution for sexual assault against a person in custody under O.C.G.A.

  • State v. Hughes

    Publication Date: 2013-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julia Slater, District Attorney, and Wesley Lambertus District Attorney's Office, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Hagler, Columbus, and Allen Trapp, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A1399

    The facts were sufficient to give officers probable cause upon which to require the 17-year-old defendant to submit to a blood test under the implied consent statute after a fatal accident in which