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  • DeKalb Med. Ctr. Inc. v. Obekpa

    Publication Date: 2012-05-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Rawls and Darrell Solomon McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emmanuel West, Stone Mountain, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0160

    The defendant hospital was entitled to immunity pursuant to Georgia's peer review statute, O.C.G.A. § 31-7-132 a, on the plaintiff physician's claims for equitable r

  • Hicks v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-05-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon Brown & Gill, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Deborah Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0998

    The scheme perpetrated by the defendant involved an investment contract or security, as th ims parted with their money in anticipation of investment gains, a common enterprise existed because t

  • Crowley v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-05-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Sheila Gallow District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1191

    The trial court did not reversibly err in replacing a juror who was not present during the jury oath and instructions, since the trial court dismissed the juror and seated the alternate before openi

  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A12A1028

    The defendant was not entitled to statutory credit for time served in another county on unrelated ch

  • Bradberry v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: McNeill Stokes, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James B. Smith, District Attorney, Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, and Gregory L. Wagner, Assistant District Attorney, Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0607

    The Court dismissed the defendant's dir peal from the denial of his post-conviction motion for forensic testing because O.C.G.A. § 5-5-41 c did not apply and no other independent basis for a di

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    Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition

    Authors: George Bochetto, David P. Heim, John A. O’Connell, Robert S. Tintner

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  • Williamson v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven A. Miller, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, LaFayette, and Alan C. Norton, Assistant District Attorney, Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0075

    Although the offense of statutory rape is an exception to the general rule that the testimony of a single witness is sufficient to prove the elements of the crime charged, the evidence sufficiently

  • Palmer v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earle J. Duncan III, Darien, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, and Gregory M. McConnell, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0423

    The filing of state charges against the defendant after his acquittal in federal court did not violate double jeopardy because the federal crimes at issue were not within the concurrent jurisdiction

  • Willoughby v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah H. Pines Ross & Pines LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Richard C. Armond District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0532

    The trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to suppress, as the affidavit supporting the search warrant application was insufficient on its face to support a finding of probable

  • Carson v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle Drummond & Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0470

    The defendant admitted knowing that the armed robbery charge carried a minimum 10-year sentence, but thought that his sentence of 25 years with 13 to serve was a bit

  • Sands v. Lindsey

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry R. Barnick, Adel, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephen D. Delk, James B. Thagard Young Thagard Hoffman Smith & Lawrence, Valdosta, and Edward P. Denker Savell & Williams LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1883

    The emergency medical technician was a licensee as a matter of law, as it was unreasonable to expect the homeowner to exercise the same degree of care in preparing her home and property for the arr