• Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Lee Hayes Brimberry, Kaplan & Brimberry PC and Mark T. Phillips, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, and Gregory W. Edwards District Attorney's Office, Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0469

    The circumstantial evidence, including the victim's outcry and physical injuries, was consistent with the victim's testimony, that the defendant forced her into an empty boxcar and had sex with her

  • Summerlin v. Georgia Pines Community Serv. Bd.

    Publication Date: 2006-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cale H. Conley, Richard A. Griggs Conley Griggs LLP, Atlanta, and C. Frederick Overby, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary L. Seacrest, Annarita M. Busbee and Peter Werdesheim Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0645

    Both O.C.G.A. § 9-11-4 and 50-21-35 apply to service of process under the Georgia Tort Claim

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Bradley, Riverdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Miller-Terry, Solicitor General, and Tasha M. Mosley, Assistant Solicitor General, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0265

    Officer's testimony that the defendant told him that he disabled both of the family's vehicles to prevent his wife from leaving their home authorized the trial judge to find that the defendant's wif

  • State v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard H. Taylor, Solicitor, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0155

    The record did not support a finding that the state intended to goad or provoke the defendant into moving for a mis

  • Bassett v. Jasper Banking Co.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. Parks, Dahlonega, and Joseph A. Homans Fox, Chandler, Homans, Hicks & McKinnon, Gainesville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A05A1807

    Some evidence showed that the defendant bank's officers actually misrepresented the terms of loan documents to the blind plai

  • Daniels v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Leggett, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, and Kirk M. Thomas, Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1820

    The arresting officer had probable cause to stop the defendant's vehicle based on an anonymous tip that described the vehicle in question, its occupants and how the tipster knew that there would be

  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Akil K. Secret, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James E. Barker and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0027

    The defendant used his father's social security number to obtain a $18,710.90 check from an internet finance company, which he used to buy a used vehicle from a car deale

  • Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Progressive Bayside Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Dinges Temple, Strickland & Dinges, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael L. Morgan Shur, McDuffie, Williams & Morgan, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Max C. Richardson Jr., Norcross.

    Case Number: A05A2197

    The trial court erroneously prorated the coverage between two uninsured or underinsured motorist car

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Katherine K. Lumsden, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0240

    Evidence that the defendant brandished two knives and made stabbing or throwing motions towards two out of the three officers who attempted to disarm him supported his convictions for two counts of

  • Lee v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Burroughs, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Dawsonville, and Jennifer C. Bagwell, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0761

    The defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered his guilty plea to robbery by force, aggravated assault, theft by taking a motor vehicle, armed robbery, kidnapping and bur