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  • Gartrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold W. Wallace III, Thomson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, and Durwood R. Davis, Assistant District Attorney, Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0158

    Police found the defendant's DNA on a cigarette butt on the windowsill of the bedroom of a vacant mobile home where the defendant raped the v

  • Hammond v. Carnett's Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Blumenthal Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Marc B. Hershovitz, Michael K. Jablonski, Atlanta, Roy E. Barnes and John F. Salter Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard C. Foster Hicks, Casey & Barber PC, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Robert B. Hocutt, Mark D. Lefkow Nall & Miller, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, Sidney R. Barrett Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel S. Walsh, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A2487

    FCC regulations provide that express permission to receive a fax is deemed to be given by recipients who have an existing business relationship with the s

  • Stokes v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Murcier-Ashley, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey H. Brickman, Acting District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0062

    An officer's testimony about the defendant's character did not affect the jury's verdict, where the victim was familiar with the defendant and unequivocally identified the defendant as his assa

  • Maxey v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0450

    Coercion was not a viable defense to charges of armed robbery, aggravated assault and kidnapping where the defendant testified at trial that he did not participate in the commission of those c

  • Bell a/n/f Hunt v. Phoebe Putney Health Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Cornwell Weiss, Handler, Angelos & Cornwell, Boca Raton, Fla., and Mikel Jones, Philadelphia, Penn., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Anthony A. Rowell, Thomas M. Burke Jr. Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC Tifton, Donald W. Lee, Joseph P. Durham Jr. Langley & Lee, Albany, and Michael G. Frick, Brunswick, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A0721

    The trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiffs' wrongful death suit where the record showed that they complied with the expert affidavit requirements of O.C.G.A. § 9-11-

  • Ford v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon-Selby R. Hawk Sell & Melton LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, and Dorothy V. Hull, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0226

    Trial counsel was not deficient for failing to call a witness who would have contradicted the defendant's version of e

  • State v. Kinsey

    Publication Date: 2005-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph M. Walke, District Attorney, and Joseph L. Chambers, Assistant District Attorney, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: George C. Tapley, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0135

    Under the totality of the circumstances, the defendant voluntarily consented to a search of his person after officers came to his home on suspicion of drug activity

  • Capers v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald L. Beckstrom, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and James B. Threlkeld, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0005

    The defendant responded to a page from a confidential informant, the defendant agreed to change the location of a controlled buy, an officer watched as the defendant handed an object to the informan

  • Capers v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald L. Beckstrom, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and James B. Threlkeld, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0005

    The defendant responded to a page from a confidential informant, the defendant agreed to change the location of a controlled buy, an officer watched as the defendant handed an object to the informan

  • Goodman v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wystan B. Getz Okhurs Law Group of Getz LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, and Roberta A. Earnhardt Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0021

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion to suppress the marijuana discovered in the trunk of his car after the defendant voluntarily consented to the search of his vehicle during a va