• Zamudio v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael McCarthy, Public Defender, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Poston, District Attorney, Susan Franklin, Dixon Lackey, Assistant District Attorneys, and Victoria Parker District Attorney's Office, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0547

    The defendant's conviction for aggravated battery did not merge into his conviction for viola f the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, even though it was a predicate act for viol

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Christopher Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, and Robby King District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0497; A16A0498

    The Court affirmed the defendant's convictions on two unrelated counts of armed robbery, finding that the defendant waived his demand for speedy

  • Perry Golf Course Dev. LLC v. Columbia Residential LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Norman Fletcher, Lee Carter, and Mark Webb Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson Davis LLP, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Crader The Crader Law Firm, Atlanta, and Christopher Phillips Hunter, MacLean, Exley Dunn PC, Savannah, for appellee. Other party representation: Joseph Sharp Polsinelli PC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A16A0404

    An arbitration clause in an operating agreement the parties executed was enforceable, and the trial court properly compelled arbitration and confirmed the arbitrator's

  • Bethea v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Kondritzer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Cynthia Cartwright District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0377

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in excusing a juror and replacing her with an alternate after she indicated that she had reached an unwavering opinion fewer than two hours into the deli

  • Hughey v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arianne Mathe' Collins Csider LLC, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Lenny I. Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0270

    The defendant's trial counsel's failure to raise a meritless objection to a jury charge did not constitute deficient perfor

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  • Sturgess v. OA Logistics Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-04-27
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Pinckney and Brent Savage Savage Turner PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Menendez Ellis Funk PC, Atlanta, Morton Forbes, and Johnny Foster Forbes, Foster Pool, Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Christopher Lema, Glenville.

    Case Number: A15A2139

    The exclusive remedies provision of the Georgia Workers' Compensation Act barred the plaintiff's wrongful death action based on her son's murder at the hands of a co-worker while in the work

  • Page v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Moncus, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Poston, District Attorney, and Barry Minter, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1952

    The defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claim based on counsel's failure to argue that because the defendant's conduct leading to his probation revocation occurred after

  • Mays v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-21
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Goldberg, Mableton, and Steve Woodman, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, John Melvin Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A2337

    A reasonable person in the defendant's situation would not have perceived that she was free to leave an interview with a GBI agent, and the trial court therefore should have suppressed the inculpato

  • In the Interest of M. M. R.

    Publication Date: 2016-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Rafter The Rafter Law Firm LLC, Springfield, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Calandra Harps, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Jennifer Mock The Mock Law Firm LLC, Statesboro, for appellee. Other party representation: Evelyn Hubbard, Sylvania.

    Case Number: A15A2017; A15A2018

    There was not clear and convincing evidence supporting the juvenile court's orders terminating parental rights in two related ma

  • Mosaic Business Advisory Servs. Inc. v. Stone

    Publication Date: 2016-04-18
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cary Ichter, William Davis, and Reid Shannon Ichter Kresky Associates LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Robbins and Heather Sharp Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A2041

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant company's motions for a directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a former employee's suit alleging breach of an agreement to