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Freeman v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Davis K. Loftin, Peter A. Law and Ernest M. Moran Peter A. Law PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Albert J. Decusati McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Tommy C. Mann Mann & Mann, Macon.
Case Number: A06A0939

A factual question remained as to whether the defendant had knowledge of the rolled-up carpet mat lying across an aisle in the defendant's produce department prior to the plaintiff's

Walker v. State

Publication Date: 2006-07-07
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Smith, George T.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: A06A0204

Johnson v. State

Publication Date: 2006-06-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Smith, George T.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon Hicks and Joseph R. Baker, Jonesboro, for appellant.
for defendant: Jewel C. Scott, District Attorney, and Nicholas Salter, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
Case Number: A06A0100

The state was permitted to ask leading questions of one of its witnesses and in admitting her taped interview for impeachment purposes, since the witness testified to facts, which were inconsistent

Navarro v. State

Publication Date: 2006-05-26
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymon D. Burns, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Matthew D. Crosby, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: A06A0537

The defendant was not in custody when he answered the officers' knock at an apartment door, invited the officers inside, then admitted that he was at the scene of an aggravated assault and that he s

State v. Robinson

Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Smith, George T.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, and W. Scott Smith, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Daniel K. McCall and Nancy I. Jordan, Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1574

The defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in a fast food bag, which his companion was eating out of minutes b

Valdosta Hotel Properties LLC v. White

Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven J. Misner Misner, Scott & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Tommy C. Mann Mann & Mann, and Charles M. Cork III Gambrell & Stolz LLC, Macon, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1661

The appellee was not entitled to rely on the renewal statute to maintain a personal injury action against appellant, since she failed to make appellant a party to her original action prior to volunt

Traylor v. State

Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Vonnetta L. Benjamin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S05A2101

The defendant properly raised his incompetency claims via his motion for new trial and he presented expert evidence, which called his competency to stand trial into

Mabra v. Deutsche Bank & Trust Co. Americas f/k/a Bankers Trust Co.

Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey H. Schneider and Scott A. Johnson Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: John E. Robinson and Gregory H. Blazer McLarty, Robinson & Van Voorhies LLP, Decatur, for appellees.
Case Number: A05A1890

The defendant was a bona fide purchaser for value, since the quitclaim deed that the plaintiff's husband forged that purported to transfer the plaintiff's interest in her marital home to her husband

Hooks v. State

Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caprice R. Jenerson, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Edwina M. Watkins, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S05A1744

The evidence authorized the jury to find that a gun officers found on the defendant's girlfriend's property was the murder weapon, even though police could not make a conclusive determination as to

Robinson v. State

Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah H. Pines, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A2011

The defendant confessed to stealing and burning an automobile and committing the armed robberies of a beer delivery truck and a package