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  • Mason Logging Co. v. General Elec. Capital Corp.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Mikell and George Rountree Brown Rountree PC, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Windy Hillman and Joseph Wargo Wargo & French LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0352

    Conflicting evidence of the of the repossessed and resold property was sufficient to preclude summary judgment, since the evidence had probative

  • Sherman v. Dickey

    Publication Date: 2013-06-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Citron, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jonathan Adelman Harper Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A13A0787

    The trial court lacked the authority to grant an award of attorneys' fees at the summary judgment stage of litigation pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 13

  • Williams v. Butler

    Publication Date: 2013-06-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anne Carder Atlanta Legal Aid Society, and David Webster, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Kimberly Lewis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, William Martin, and Frank Butler, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A13A0552

    The Court reversed the denial of the plaintiff's application for unemployment compensation benefits, as the appellate record contained no evidence that the plaintiff was at fault in causing her term

  • Muldrow v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell Adams Public Defender's Office, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Wright, District Attorney, and Charles Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0107

    Although the State did not present sufficient evidence of venue, it was established when the defendant stipulated to such at the State's re

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timika Dennis, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Pipkin, Solicitor General, and Brittany Lavalle, Assistant Solicitor General, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0491

    The police officer's questioning of the passengers in the car after a traffic stop did not extend the scope of the detention nor unreasonably prolong the search, since it occurred within the timefra

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  • Betancourt v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
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    Case Number: A13A0289; A13A0290

    The police detention was not unreasonably prolonged since the officer was still in the process of conducting his investigation when he received consent to search the ve

  • In the Interest of Farr

    Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Danello and Wiley Wasden Brennan & Wasden LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Hamrick Gnann Gannam, Gnann & Steinmetz LLC, and Jack Berry, Savannah, for appellee. Other party representation: Claudine Farr, Martha Farr, Frances Hardigee, Savannah, Barbara Powell, Richmond Hill, and William Farr Calibogue Properties LLC, Hilton Head Island, S. C.
    Case Number: A13A0536

    The trial court properly dismissed a hospital's petition to appoint an e cy guardian for a patient, as the petition failed to identify any immediate risk of harm to the patient constituting an

  • State v. Simmons

    Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Muhammad The Muhammad Firm and Kenneth Kondritzer, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A13A0193

    The newly discovered evidence was not merely cumulative of the witness's testimony, since the mobile phone records constituted a higher grade of evidence that corroborated the testimony and provided

  • State v. Able

    Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rosemary Greene, Thomas Campbell, District Attorneys, and Sharon Fox, Deputy District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry White, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A13A0653

    The trial court failed to state any findings of fact or conclusions of law as to whether the defendants gave police officers valid and voluntary consent to enter their apartment, resulting in the of

  • Goodwin v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard Milam, District Attorney, and James Moss, Assistant District Attorney, Jackson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2100

    The $14,350 forfeiture to the State was reversed, since the hearing on the State's comp was untimely scheduled 63 days after the defendant was served with the comp