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  • In the Interest of K. B. T.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Thigpen Sr., Blackshear, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, and Cecelia Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0224

    The juvenile was a party to the crime resulting in the victim's death, since he stood by and watched while his companion repeatedly and brutally kicked a 65-year-old homeless man in his head, urina

  • Branton v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Andrew C. Hall, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0648

    The defendant's speedy trial demand, which he filed three court terms after the term in which he was indicted, was unt

  • 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

  • Dawkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Folsom, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Laura A. Wood, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1923

    The defendant's felony conviction for making a false statement was reversed, since the evidence of the defendant's conduct could also be used to prove the misdemeanor offense of giving a false name

  • Hambrick v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Drew Findling, Cris E. Schneider The Findling Law Firm, and Elizabeth G. Rankin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1596

    The victim told multiple healthcare professionals, a rape counselor and her mother that the defendant beat and raped her prior to recanting her story at

  • Wilburn v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Yancey Jr., Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, and Leslie K. DeVooght, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2280

    The court did not err in admitting the defendant's booking photographs to show how he looked at the time of the crimes, since he changed his appearance before

  • Yemane v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Michael Maloof and William F. Rucker, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2233

    Some evidence supported the trial court's finding that the officers had consent to enter and check the apartment where they found pistols and a bag of suspected methamphetamine in a bedroom walk-in c

  • Hewell v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank K. Martin, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and William D. Kelly Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1787

    The defendant waived his right to appeal on speedy trial grounds when he pled guilty to armed robbery aggravated assault and a firearms of

  • Mayo v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sophia C. Butler, Baxley, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, Leslie K. DeVooght, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, and Jan Kennedy, Assistant District Attorney, Baxley, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2156

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for possession with intent to distribute the 36 small blue bags of cocaine, which the officers found in the defendant's vehicle, in the road and al

  • Brandenburg v. Navy Fed. Credit Union

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Claude L. Goza Jr. McNally, Fox & Cameron, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise R. Griffin, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Other party representation: Eric K. Maxwell, Fayetteville, Albert A. Chapar Jr., Conyers, and Monica K. Gilroy, Roswell.
    Case Number: A05A1138

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the credit union that made a home equity loan to the plaintiff's ex-husband because it did not meet its burden of showing that it acquired its s