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  • Hicks v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Mallard, District Attorney, and Joseph Cushner, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0514

    The evidence was insufficient to support the defendant's conviction for felony fleeing and attempting to elude a police officer, as there was no evidence that the general public was at risk of serio

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, Newnan, Monique Fouque, Assistant District Attorney, and Carter Bendinger, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0218

    The defendant failed to overcome the strong presumption that trial counsel acted reasonably when he strategically decided to not object to certain witnesses' testimonies regarding the defendant's ot

  • Numanovic v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2013-05-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adis Numanovic, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Justin Berelc Berelc Law Office, Lavonia, and Chad Hunt, Crawford, for appellees.
    Case Number: A13A0183

    The Court of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to hear the appellant's direct appeal of the denial of his petition for legitimation and termination of his parental rights, as he should have followed discr

  • Martin v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis Williams Public Defender's Office, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Gainesville, and Conley Greer, Assistant District Attorney, Dawsonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0804

    Because the defendant had not admitted into evidence the audio recording of his post-detention statement or a transcript of such, the Court of Appeals found that the defendant failed to carry his bu

  • Myers v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lumpkin Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Campbell, Rosemary Greene, District Attorneys, and Jana Allen District Attorney's Office, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0544

    Officers had a right to enter a hotel parking lot and had a legitimate reason for approaching the defendant's vehicle where they observed stolen merchandise in plain

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  • State v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Layla Zon, District Attorney, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Drew Findling, Marissa Goldberg The Findling Law Firm, Musa Ghanayem, Atlanta, and Steven Frey, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0610

    The State's direct appeal was dismissed since the Court lacked jurisdiction as the trial court's order had dismissed fewer than all the counts of the defendant's indictment and was thus not a final

  • Vega v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Daniel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James McDade, District Attorney, James Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, and Emily Richardson District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0673

    The circumstantial evidence was sufficient to demonstrate that the defendant—the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle in which an officer found a large quantity of cocaine—had possession and con

  • Tehrani v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, District Attorney, and Ayanna Sterling-Jones, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0705

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for criminal attempt to commit cocaine trafficking since the defendant met with an undercover investigator posing as a drug dealer at the designate

  • Rollins v. Rollins

    Publication Date: 2013-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Rigsbee, Lisa Strauss, and H. Lamar Mixson Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John Dalton, Lynette Smith, James Lamberth, Alan Bakowski, Katie Balthrop Troutman Sanders LLP, and Sidney Moore Summerville Moore PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Curiae: John Larkins Rogers & Hardin LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A2516

    The trial court erred in failing to find that the trustees breached their fiduciary duties to the beneficiaries for their actions taken at the entity level, rather than the trust level, since Georgi

  • Agnes Scott College v. Hartley

    Publication Date: 2013-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Trulock Bendin Sumrall & Ladner LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lloyd Bell Bell Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Curiae: Jenna Colvin FSB Fisher Broyles LLP and Robert Marcovitch Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A1989

    Law enforcement officers employed by private colleges and universities are entitled to official immunity, since they act on behalf of the state in investigating alleged c