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  • Selvy v. Morrison

    Publication Date: 2008-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A08A0440

    Three officer's had immunity from the plaintiff's suit arising out of her disorderly conduct a

  • Lavoi Corp. Inc. v. National Fire Ins. of Hartford

    Publication Date: 2008-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A0683

    The plaintiff did not submit a proper demand for payment to support its bad faith claim under O.C.G.A. § 3

  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S08A0215

    The discovery of a weapon labeled for law enforcement use did not exclude the possibility that the weapon was given away or sold on the black m

  • Robinson a/k/a Mabry v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S08A0771

    The defendant waived his right to challenge admission of the similar transaction evidence by failing to object at

  • McDowell v. State of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2008-03-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A2406

    Dismissal of the appellant's motion to dismiss a forfeiture complaint pertaining to $13,500 in currency and a 2001 Ford truck was warranted, since the trial court failed to hold a hearing wi

  • Ramirez v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-03-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A07A2039

    The equal access rule did not apply to the methamphetamine found on the vehicle's driver's side back pas seat, since the case involved allegations that the defendant driver and his pa

  • In the Interest of M. D. N.

    Publication Date: 2008-02-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A07A2314

    The incarcerated father's failure to maintain a parental bond with the child and to comply with case plan goals, including paying child support, twice violating the terms of his work release pro

  • October 31, 2007 |

    Appeals Court Shows White-Collar Criminals No Mercy

    Thomas Coughlin feared a stiff penalty for defrauding Wal-Mart, but he didn't expect a death sentence.

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  • Hayles v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Robinson III Robinson & Assocs., Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1341

    The defendant was not entitled to a jury charge on O.C.G.A. § 16-5-92-providing that ' "persons or employees of such persons lawfully engaged in bona fide business activity or lawfully engaged in th

  • Blocker v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Nash Jr., Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brenda K. Katz and Kelly J. Shepherd Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1855

    The defendant did not show, as matter of law, that it lacked constructive knowledge of the grape upon which the plaintiff slipped and fell, since the defendant failed to present evidence showing tha