• Dixon v. CSX Intermodal Terminals Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Warshauer and Trent Shuping Warshauer Law Group PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Phillips, Angela Spivey McGuireWoods LLP, Atlanta, Daniel Jones, and Evan Tager Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1586

    The defendant employer, which was in the business of loading and unloading railcars at a rail terminal, was not a common carrier by railroad within the meaning of the Feder

  • Howard v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Weston Trotter Jones LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Mallard, District Attorney, and Brian Deal, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1296

    The Court reversed the defendant's kidnapping conviction, because the evidence was insufficient to support the asportation element of kidnapping under the test set forth in Garza v.

  • Elvine v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Lloyd, Public Defender, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louie Fraser, District Attorney, and Cheryl Banks, Assistant District Attorney, Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1340

    The Court reversed the denial of the defendant's motion to suppress evidence police obtained when they ed him in a drug purchase sting operation, because the officers lacked probable cause to

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gabriel Cliett, Metter, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, and Joshua Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A0907

    Although the trial court erred in admitting the defendant's custodial statement, which investigators had improperly obtained after the defendant unequivocally invoked his right to remain silent, th

  • Regan v. Edwards

    Publication Date: 2015-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Kaye Manchel, Wiggins Kaye LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kyla Lines Pachman Richardson LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A0850

    The trial court erred in awarding attorney fees to the husband under O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14 subsection b because the wife's conduct that precipitated the award occurred prior to the husband's initiation

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  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick Chisholm Public Defender's Office, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, District Attorney, and Moruf Oseni District Attorney's Office, Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1037

    The State was not required to introduce into evidence the physical sample of the illegal drug the defendant allegedly possessed, and the trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion for

  • In the Interest of B. L.

    Publication Date: 2015-10-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erica Austin Public Defender's Office, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: in Case No. A15A1480. Robert Richardson Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Bainbridge, for appellant in Case No. A15A1481. Joseph Mulholland, District Attorney, and Moruf Oseni District Attorney's Office, Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1480; A15A1481

    The juvenile court did not err in denying motions to dismiss delinquency petitions filed against two juveniles, as it complied with the statutory limits on confinement provided in O.C.G.A. §§ 15-11-

  • State v. Baxter

    Publication Date: 2015-10-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Durden, District Attorney, Sandra Dutton, Assistant District Attorney, and Jillian Harmon District Attorney's Office, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Cox, Chief Assistant Public Defender, and Cheryl Quick Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Pembroke, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1272

    A juvenile defe cannot waive the 180-day time limitation set forth in O.C.G.A. § 17-7-50.1 for the State to obtain an indictment against the juvenile defe

  • In the Interest of C.J.V.

    Publication Date: 2015-10-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Barnwell Avrett, Ponder Withrock, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Bruce Kling, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A0782

    After reviewing the transcript of the termination hearing, which was not previously available, the Court found that the mother's application for discretionary review of the termination of her parent

  • Estate of Annie Crook v. Foster

    Publication Date: 2015-08-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Sammons, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ben Mills, Fitzgerald, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A0691

    The estate of Annie Crook and Ralph Jackson, in his capacity as administrator of the estate collectively, the Estate, sued Albert L. Foster for unjust enrichment. A jury