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  • Hutchins v. Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith Sistrunk PC

    Publication Date: 2015-05-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lacrecia Cade, Foy Devine, and Kyle Baker Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Hill and Alexander Bartko Polsinelli PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: W. Ray Persons King Spalding, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A14A1828

    Some genuine issues of material fact remained in plaintiff's lawsuit alleging that he was entitled to compensation from a law firm for public relations and media-related services he performed in con

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-05-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bearden, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. David Cooke Jr., District Attorney, Ft. Valley, and Myra Tisdale, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1568

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions arising out of a deadly confrontation between rival

  • Sullivan v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-05-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, District Attorney, and James Dunn, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A2045

    The trial court properly declined to merge the defendant's convictions for criminal damage to property in the first degree and criminal damage to property in the second degree arising from his assau

  • Lucas v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-05-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock Brock Law LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1949

    The defendant did not clearly and unequivocally invoke his right to remain silent when he stated during a police interview, "I don't want to hear no more. Take me to

  • State v. Lexie

    Publication Date: 2015-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Heap, District Attorney, and Jennifer Guyer, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Darden Darden Law Firm, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1667

    The trial court properly granted the defendant a new trial based on his counsel's deficient performance during the plea pr

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  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman, District Attorney, Swainsboro, Rizza Palmares, Assistant District Attorney, and Jessica Wilson District Attorney's Office, Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2293

    The evidence was sufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant knew that the cocaine in his possession weighed 28 grams or

  • Barnes v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Sparks, Assistant Public Defender, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Poston, District Attorney, and Susan Franklin, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A2299

    The defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim, and the trial court therefore properly denied his motion to withdraw his guilty plea on the ground that he pled guilt

  • Streeter v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Fleischman Public Defender's Office, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Donovan, District Attorney, and Thomas Cole, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1981

    There was no evidence that the financial transaction card the defendant used to pay for a car wash, as depicted on a video recording that was played for the jury, was the same card the indictment al

  • Thornton v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Lockwood Public Defender's Office, Jesup, and Kevin Gough, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, District Attorney, Brunswick, and Andrew Ekonomou The Lambros Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A2103

    The trial court properly declined to vacate the defendant's conviction for conspiracy to commit murder after her only alleged co-conspirator was acquitted of conspiracy by the same

  • Stembridge v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers, James C. Bonner Jr., and Kevin M. Farmer Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Lenny I. Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A2150

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's "Motion in Autrefois Convict/Plea in Bar" because O.C.G.A. § 16-1-8 subsection c did not prevent his prosecution on a state cocaine trafficking charge