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  • BMW Bank of North Am. v. Short

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory J. Digel and Kelli S. Lott Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles A. Gower, Columbus, for appellee. Marcus B. Calhoun, Jr. Page Scranton Sprouse Tucker & Ford, F. Houser Pugh, Columbus, and Mary M. Katz Chambless, Higdon & Carson, Macon, for other.
    Case Number: A09A2091

    The arbitrator's finding that the appellant's repossession plaintiff the appellee's vehicle was reckless and outrageous did not amount to manifest disregard of the arbitration agreement's prohibitio

  • In re Estate of Warren

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mather D. Graham and John M. Graham III The Graham Firm, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter E. Leggett Jr. Bush, Crowley, Leverett & Leggett, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1297

    The DNA testing which established a 99.65 percent probability that two individuals were half-siblings constituted parentage-determination genetic testing under OCGA § 5

  • Preston v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelley A. Dial, Public Defender, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2194

    The defendant entered the victim's car without permission, demanded to be driven somewhere and sat down next to the victim with a knife in his

  • Strozier v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie T. Roberts, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Melissa L. Himes, Assistant District Attorney, and William D. Hocutt District Attorney's Office, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1464

    The victim's alleged prior sexual molestation of the then 15-year-old defendant was not relevant in the defendant's trial for aggravated battery, since a prior sexual act against a minor is violent

  • Boyd v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rafe Banks III Banks, Stubbs, Neville & Cunat LLP, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, and James A. Dunn, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1183

    The officers had probable cause to pat-down the defendant for weapons during a lawful traffic stop and to send for a drug dog based on the defen actions and an officer's knowledge of the defe

  • Department of Transp. v. Jordan

    Publication Date: 2009-10-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas C. Dempsey and Neil M. Monroe Weiner, Yancey, Dempsey & Diggs LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles N. Pursley Jr. and Christian F. Torgrimson Pursley Lowery Meeks LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A1843

    The trial court did not err in admitting evidence of value in light of a possible rezoning of the appellee's Sandy Springs property, which her family owned for more than 30

  • Webb v. State of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2009-09-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashley W. McLaughlin Smith & Cannon PC, McRae, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, and Jason O. Waters District Attorney's Office, Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1248

    The truck and $13,050 in cash, which officers seized pursuant to the appellant's husband's arrest for a drug violation were subject to forfeiture under O.C.G.A. § 16-13-49 d and the appellant failed

  • Department of Transp. v. Jordan

    Publication Date: 2009-09-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas C. Dempsey and Neil M. Monroe Weiner, Yancey, Dempsey & Diggs LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles N. Pursley Jr. and Christian F. Torgrimson Pursley Lowery Meeks LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A1843

    The trial court did not err in admitting evidence of value in light of a possible rezoning of the appellee's Sandy Springs property, which her family owned for more than 30

  • State v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Christine S. Barker, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael L. Edwards, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1005

    The arresting officer had a reasonable articulable suspicion to justify a Terry stop of the defendant, who was standing with a group of men around a car without a license tag in a vacant lot, tintin

  • Chase v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-08-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victor Hawk, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1506

    The trial court erred in preventing a teacher from presenting a co defense in a trial involving the alleged sexual assault of a student, who had reached the age of legal co