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  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and James M. McDaniel, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0065

    The defendant's young daughter's testimony that he "placed his private inside her private when they were in the bathroom," supported his rape convi

  • Ellis v. Ingle

    Publication Date: 2010-11-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Hine Jr., Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle R. Jones Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: William H. Major III Hawkins & Parnell, Frank L. Wilson III Wilson, Brock & Irby LLC, Atlanta, and Brian C. Smith, Chattanooga, Tenn.
    Case Number: A10A2029

    Some evidence showed that the closing attorney failed to follow the closing instructions in completing the sale of the plaintiff's

  • Williams v. Patterson

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. C. Love III and Rita T. Williams Williams & Assocs., Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew L. Hilt The Hilt Firm LLC, Atlanta, Erica L. Morton and William T. Casey Jr. Hicks, Casey & Foster PC, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2163

    The plaintiff failed to perfect service of process, after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitation for his injury suit, arising out of an automobile acc

  • Bell v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernadette C. Crucilla, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, and Jonathan L. Adams, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2148

    The defendant did not show that the state's proffered reasons for striking eight black jurors were pretextual, since the state's use of its preemptory strikes did not have a racially-disproportionat

  • Blanch v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle Drummond & Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and James A. Dooly, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2252

    The three similar transactions showed the defendant's ' "bent of mind as to initiate or continue a sexual encounter without a person's conse

  • Daniels v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa L. Smith Public Defender's Office, Covington, and Thomas S. Robinson III Robinson & Assocs., Snellville, for Daniels. Teresa L. Smith Public Defender's Office, Covington, for Beard. William K. Wynne Jr. and Layla H. Zon, District Attorneys, Covington, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A10A2042, A10A2043

    The trial court properly admitted testimony that a white Lexus was hijacked the day before the events in question as part of the res gestae of crime of theft by receiving stolen pro

  • Trey Inman & Assoc. PC v. Bank of America NA

    Publication Date: 2010-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa B. Perlstein, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: William A. DuPre IV Miller & Martin PLLC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Gregory K. Hecht Hecht, Mack & Harris PC, Stockbridge, Kathryn E. Baird Quirk & Quirk LLC and John M. Welch, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A10A1844

    A closing firm was liable to a bank for conversion of surplus funds from the sale of secured property, because the bank's payoff instructions clearly stated that the bank was to receive any net sale

  • Martinez v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William L. Gill, Norcross, for Martinez. Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for Quiroz. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Stephen A. Fern and Lisa A. Jones, Assistant District Attorneys, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A10A1904, A10A1905

    The defendants' convictions for seven counts of false imprisonment and one count of kidnapping, reversed, as applicable statutes of limitation barred their prosecution for those charges on a reissue

  • Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Woodbine, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Diane L. Dodd and Katie M. Udy District Attorney's Office, Woodbine, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2114

    An unanticipated special condition associated with the defendant's probated sentence did not render his guilty plea involu

  • Clayton v. South Gen. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher S. Warren and James M. Kirtlink Kenneth S. Nugent PC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Kenneth M. Barre and Ariel D. Zion Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Hugh O. Morris Jr., Albany.
    Case Number: A10A1974; A10A1975; A10A1976

    The insurer was entitled to summary judgment for claims arising from a collision that occurred when third parties used the insured's vehicle without permi