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  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Finnis K. Salmon, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0643

    After the defendant fled the scene of a shooting and tried to hide, police found drugs hidden inside a car's wheel well within arms reach of where the defendant was h

  • Hawkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Burdges, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Richard A. Vandever, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0280

    The trial court should have merged defendant's criminal trespass and burglary convictions prior to sentencing, because the convictions were based on one act, not distinct, separate

  • Rogers v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wystan B. Getz Oakhurst Law Group of Getz LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Richard A. Vandever, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0170

    The evidence was insufficient to show that defendant was in sole constructive possession of the mari

  • Shin v. Estate of Camacho

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Groth and Laura D. Johnson Groth & Makarenko LLC, Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles H. McAleer, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A0244

    The Dram Shop Act exception did not apply to the defendant, because there was no evidence that the defendant knowingly furnished alcoholic beverages to a guest, while that guest was in a state of no

  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marnique W. Oliver, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, and Mary K. McKinnon, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0078

    Although no direct evidence showed that the defendant personally entered the victim's home, sufficient evidence supported her conviction for burglary as a party to the

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  • Smith v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Banks Banks & Riedel PC, Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Anthony C. Lee Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Ga., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0191

    The Court affirmed the trial court's denial of the appellant's motion to dismiss a forfeiture action involving certain property, including a 2002 Chevrolet I

  • Meacham v. Franklin-Heard County Water Authority

    Publication Date: 2010-01-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel B. Greenfield, Bremen, for appellant.
    for defendant: Phillip E. Friduss Landrum & Friduss LLC, Woodstock, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2055

    The trial court erred in excluding the plaintiff's expert witness solely on basis of the expert's alleged interest in the outcome of the

  • Rosenberg v. Falling Water Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-01-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Warshauer Warshauer, Poe & Thornton PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David F. Root, Ann H. Bracco Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP and William H. McClean IV Merritt & Tenney LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2393

    The 8-year statute of reposed barred the plaintiff's claims for injuries which occurred three years after the expiration of the repose p

  • Lamb v. The Salvation Army

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herald J. Alexander Alexander Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stuart S. Busby and Anne-Marie Shipe Bovis, Kyle & Burch LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2353

    The trial court's order was, in effect, a mandatory permanent injunction requiring the appellant to provide details about prior settlements, defendants and insurance coverage in her underlying tort

  • Fuller v. Heartwood 11

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob S. Eby Devlin & Robinson PC, Tucker, and Daryl V. Yokely, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert J. Proctor, Bradley A. Hutchins Proctor Hutchins Porterfield, Alpharetta, and Adam C. Caskey, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A2036

    A trial court may not deny an otherwise proper motion for class certification solely on the basis that it was unt