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  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-01-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David G. Daniell, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: T. Rabb Wilkerson III, District Attorney, and Daryl E. Manns, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1663

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for cocaine possession with intent to distr

  • Pollman v. Swan

    Publication Date: 2012-01-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
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    Case Number: A10A0547; A10A0548

    The common-law requirement of justifiable reliance in fraud is not a requirement of the federal mail fraud e, and the Georgia RICO Act defines racketeering activity by referring to the federal

  • Capital Fin. Services Group Inc. v. Hummel

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan L. Isenberg Isenberg & Hewitt PC, Atlanta, for appellant. James T. McDonald Jr., Terry O. Brantley Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, and Ariel D. Zion The Bloom Law Firm LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1346

    The plaintiff did not establish the elements necessary to support a cause of action for conversion because it failed to show an act of dominion or exercise of the right of ownership over, or unautho

  • Watts & Colwell Builders Inc. v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Markle, James T. Budd, and Brett A. Miller Mabry & McClelland LLP, Atlanta, for appellant. Neal B. Graham and Steven R. McNeel Buzzell Graham & Welsh LLP, Macon, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0958

    No evidence showed that the landlord of the plaintiff's employer should have discovered and repaired a faulty hinge on a handicap bathroom stall prior to it falling off of its hinges, knocking her t

  • Bellamy v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant. Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Ann M. Elmore District Attorney's Office, Savannah, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0779

    The defendant could not complain about jury charges that he requ

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  • City of Albany v. Freeney

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenise S. Smith City Attorney's Office, Albany, for appellant. Patrick S. Flynn, Albany, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1378

    A genuine issue of fact remained as to whether the city of Albany ever offered to settle the plaintiffs' property damage c separately from their personal injury c

  • Jones v. Forest Lake Village Homeowners Ass'n Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David G. Kopp, Greensboro, for appellant. Francis N. Ford Adams & Ford LLP, Eatonton, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1399

    The Court affirmed the judgment on remand from Jones v. Forest Lake Village Homeowners Assn., 304 Ga. App. 495 2010, in accordance with Court of Appeals Ru

  • In the Interest of S. F.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig T. Pearson Public Defender's Office, Hinesville, for appellant. John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, and Johnathan C. Gaskin, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1247

    The juvenile court inappropriately participated in the plea negotiation because, after trial counsel announced twice that the juvenile was ready to proceed with the bench trial, the juvenile court p

  • Goss v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Atlanta, for appellant. Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, and James A. Dunn, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1367

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of two similar transactions involving amounts or packaging of cocaine consistent with sale or distrib

  • Partnership Housing Affordable to Society Everywhere Inc. v. Decatur County Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua A. Mayes Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, for appellant. J. Brown Moseley Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1462

    Some evidence authorized the trial court to rule that the appellant-a non-profit corporation, which applied for and obtained grants to build apartments for low-income farmers-did not qualify for a t