• April 30, 2009 |

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  • Bone v. The Children's Place Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Creasy III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Bobby B. Terry Misner, Scott & Martin, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A09A0506

    The defendant presented no evidence in support of its motion for summary judgment on plaintiff's premises liability claims and therefore failed to pierce the allegations set forth in plaintiff's plea

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura K. Cone, Gainesville, and Michael N. Peluso, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and David E. Slemons District Attorney's Office, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0225

    The trial court did not plainly err in restating the victim's testimony then asking her if she knew where Locust Grove was located, since the trial court never stated that the alleged incidents of m

  • Matthews v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Robinson III Robinson & Assocs., Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Robert E. Statham III, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Reggie A. Lampkin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S08A1577

    Substantial evidence corroborated the accomplice's testimony that the defendant strangled the victim and stole his ATM card and vehicle, after their romantic relationship

  • Bridges v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy L. Spruell and Melinda D. Taylor Spruell, Taylor & Assocs. PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A1801

    The trial court's pre-voir dire instructions to the jury pool did not shift the burden of proof to the defe

  • Crutchfield v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Farnham Farnham & Rothenberg LLC, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A1652

    A confidential informant "CI" testified that the defendant sold him $40 worth of cocaine, an audiotape recorded the transaction, law enforcement recovered cocaine from the defendant, the CI testifie

  • Sanford v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luana K. Walsh, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S08A1636

    An adult's consumption of alcohol is irrelevant to the issue of char

  • McKenzie v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S08A1178

    Any error in the trial court's charge on level of certainty with regard to eyewitness identification was harmless, since each eyewitness corroborated the testimony of the other and forensic path

  • Ford v. Hanna

    Publication Date: 2008-10-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A08A1177

    The trial court erred with respect to child support, since the trial court ratified parties agreement to waive child support in light of fact that each parent had physical custody of one child witho

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-08-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A08A0813

    The defendant did not demonstrate that the transcript from the similar transaction hearing was necessary to resolve any appeal