• Marlow v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-01-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for Marlow. Michael Duponte, Marietta, for Trim. Shannon Wallace, District Attorney, Cliff Head, and Rachelle Carnesale, Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, for State.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A16A0877; A16A0878

    Although the evidence supported defendants' convictions for two felony counts of making a false statement, the Court vacated their sentences and remanded for the trial court to resentence them for t

  • State v. T. M. H.

    Publication Date: 2017-01-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, and Kevin Armstrong District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandon Bullard Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, and Charles Rooks, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1357

    The superior court was authorized to probate the remainder of juvenile defendant's sentence pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 49-4A-9 subsect

  • George v. Hercules Real Estate Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-01-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Rogers, William D'Antignac, Gilbert Deitch Deitch Rogers LLC, Kara Phillips Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard Smith LLP, Atlanta, and David Glass, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Myers, Brynda Insley Insley Race LLC, and Gregory Shin Nowell Sparks LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1090

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to apartment management company in plaintiff's premises liability suit arising after unknown assailants shot him during a home invasion, as there wa

  • OTS Inc. v. Weinstock Scavo PC

    Publication Date: 2017-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Regina Molden and Mark Sperry Molden Holley LLC, Atlanta, for OTS et al.. Scott Bertschi and Nneka Egwuatu Clyde Co US LLP, Atlanta, for Weinstock Scavo PC et al..
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A16A1449; A16A1450

    The trial court erred in denying summary judgment to law firm on its counterclaim in plaintiffs' legal malpractice

  • O'Neal v. Crawford Cnty., GA

    Publication Date: 2016-12-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bonnie Smith, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Duke Groover and Natalie Stroud James Bates Brannan Groover, Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0912

    The trial court erred in awarding county attorney fees it had paid directly to county coroner's attorney in connection with his declaratory judgment/mandamus action against county, because those pay

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  • Orengo v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Lewis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1171

    Defendant could not invoke the rape shield statute to prevent the victim from offering otherwise relevant evidence in his trial for rape, false imprisonment, sexual ba and ba

  • State v. Young

    Publication Date: 2016-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Weitnauer, Assistant Solicitor General, Dana Pagan, and Ryan Fisher Solicitor General's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Chestney The Chestney Law Firm, and Laura Wester Weener Nathan, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1435

    There was no evidence that defendant's consent to the State-administered chemical testing of her breath was anything but free and voluntary, and the trial court thus erred in granting her motion in

  • Ruemker v. Ruemker

    Publication Date: 2016-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Landers, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: in Case Nos. A16A1200 and A16A1201. Dawn Levine and Alan Levine Lyle Levine LLC, Marietta, for appellant in Case Nos. A16A1202 and A16A1203. Edwin Varner, Warner Robins, for appellee. Other party representation: Jocelyn Daniell Daniell Law Firm LLC, Claire Chapman, Lena Ruemker, Warner Robins, and Rebecca Moody, Perry.

    Case Number: A16A1200; A16A1201; A16A1202; A16A1203

    The Court did not have jurisdiction over appellants' appeals, because the orders appellants appealed were interlocutory rulings and not directly appealable, as they did not include any decision as t

  • Lang v. Brand-Vaughan Lumber Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Obreziah Bullard B. Bullard Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, and Edward Downs, Riverdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Reed and Cory Close Busch Reed Jones PC, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1169

    The Dormancy Statute precluded lumber company's suit against property owner to foreclose on a materialman's lien to recover the price of materials sold to contractor and used to construct property

  • Hospital Specialists of GA PC v. Gray

    Publication Date: 2016-11-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Smith and Vincent Toreno Ken David Associates LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Stuckey Kaufman Law PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A16A1121

    The trial court correctly allowed medical malpractice plaintiff to substitute the name of one doctor for that of another doctor after the expir of the statute of limit