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  • Barrino v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Fulton County Conflict Defender Inc., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and David K. Getachew-Smith District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2087

    The arresting officer found a clear plastic bag containing several pills, which he recognized as ecstasy, on the front passenger seat of the car where the defendant was si

  • Bryson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-11-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence A. Stockton Jr. and Brian M. Rickman Stockton & Stockton LLC, Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, and Richard K. Bridgeman, Assistant District Attorney, Toccoa, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1344

    The evidence, including both victims' videotaped interviews and their trial testimony, supported the defendant's convictions for aggravated sodomy and child molest

  • Ellis v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Paul Stanley, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Dawsonville, and Alison W. Toller, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1500

    The trial court properly directed the jury to deliberate further, when the jury failed to decide the lesser included off

  • August 18, 2006 |

    Five Things You Need to Know About Pension Reform

    Calling it "the most sweeping reform of America's pension laws in over 30 years,"

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  • Peacock v. Spivey

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William F. Rucker, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Theresa K. Read LaMalva, Read & Oeland, Conyers, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, John E. Hennelly, James D. Coots, Cynthia A. Presto, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Brandon A. Oren Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1823

    The trial court properly dismissed the plaintiff's suit alleging that asphalt company employees spilled diesel fuel, causing damage and contamination to his property, since the plaintiff agreed to v

  • Grimes v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Renate D. Moody, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Elizabeth K. Bobbitt, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Julie A. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0276

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to bifurcate his trial with regard to the charge of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, since the possession charg

  • Buruca v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0061

    The evidence supported a finding that the defendant was the "getaway" driver, and, thus, a party to the c

  • Landsberg v. Powell

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd K. Maziar, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William L. Swank II and Bryan M. Hausner Greer, Klosik, Daugherty, Swank & McCune, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0558

    The plaintiff was entitled to rely on the defendant's request for an oral hearing on his m for summary judgment without filing a duplicate m

  • Marks v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teddy R. Price, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1729

    The defendant had no First Amendment right to hold himself out as an attorney, when he was unqualified to practic

  • June 30, 2005 |

    EEF Gives U.K. Law Firms A Run For Their Money

    British Association Offers Employment Law Services To Members

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