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  • Cantrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
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    Case Number: A07A1594

    Trial counsel's deficiency in failing to object to a portion of the state's closing argument in which the prosecutor discussing attending the funeral of an officer killed in the line of duty

  • Brumbelow v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
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    Case Number: A07A2103

    The defendant made a personal, knowing and intelligent waiver of his right to a jury

  • Rosandich v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
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    Case Number: A07A1749

    The DUI defendant's suppressed breath test results were admissible as impeachment evidence after the defendant testified that he consumed a limited amount of alcohol on the night in que

  • Pierce v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Fulton County Conflict Defender Inc., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2097

    Evidence of the victim's prior arrest for marijuana solicitation was irrelevant and inadmissible, since she did not open the door to her character when she test

  • Sterling, Winchester & Long LLC v. Loyd

    Publication Date: 2006-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick L. Wright II Vaughn, Wright & Boyer LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Allen, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0990

    The Georgia Supreme Court's decision in Eckles v. Atlanta Technology Group, 267 Ga. 801 1997, foreshadowed the recent ruling on a matter of first impression in Winzer v. EHCA Dunwoody, LLC, 277 Ga.

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Smith, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donald N. Wilson, District Attorney, and Charles D. Gafnea, Assistant District Attorney, Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1947

    Trial counsel's former prosecution for murder by the assistant district attorney who prosecuted the defendants' child cruelty case did not present a conflict of int

  • Malice v. Coloplast Corp.

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen I. Hirsch and Debra M. Buster Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: LeRoy P. Spell Jr. Welch, Spell, Reemsnyder, Pless & Davis PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1983

    The arbitrator did not manifestly disregard the law in determining that the non-compete and non-solicit covenants in the defendant's executive employment agreement were reasonable and enforc

  • Hurston v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Jeffery W. Hunt, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1971

    Jurors' unauthorized visits to the accident scene did not contribute to the defendant's conviction in light of the jurors' unanimous affidavits stating that the visits had no effect upon their ve

  • Cohen v. Allstate Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Moss Moss & Rothenberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melynee Leftridge Sharon W. Ware & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Charis L. Johnson Law Office of Allen & Assoc., Atlanta.
    Case Number: A05A1986

    A nominal judgment against the defendant in an injury suit was a condition precedent to the plaintiffs' ability to recover against their UM ca

  • Dunn v. Kirsten

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip M. Williams, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry Staples, Marietta, and Charis L. Johnson Law Office of Allen & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0453

    The plaintiff failed to exercise due diligence in serving the defendant within the applicable 2-year statute of limit