• Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-09-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A08A0896

    The evidence, though circumstantial, authorized the jury to find that the defendant took a money clip cont over $1K, two credit cards and a bank card from one victim and took a wallet con

  • 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

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa O. Weiner, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven L. Harris, Solicitor General, and Lura H. Landis, Assistant Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2526

    The defendant was estopped from challenging his 1997 nolo plea under the authority of O.C.G.A. § 40-13-33 a, because he failed to attack the validity of that plea within 180 days of the day it becam

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Fanning Fanning & Hudson, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Charles P. Boring, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1142

    Defendant forfeited his right to open and close arguments when his counsel read the victim's handwritten during cross-examination of the detective who found a Mother's Day card containing the

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Wooten, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, and John A. Pursley, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0272

    Trial court properly allowed the state to introduce a bench warrant for defendant's arrest that was issued after defendant failed to appear for