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  • Rolling v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna S. Hix Bunn, Byrd, Newsom & Hix, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Michele C. Ivey, and Michael E. Craig, Assistant District Attorneys, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1109

    Officers found the defendant's fingerprints on the burglary victim's compact disc

  • DeKalb County v. Wellborn Rd. Common Tenancy

    Publication Date: 2005-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Linkous III, Chief Assistant County Attorney, and Sam L. Brannen Jr., Assistant County Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Ed Segraves Zachary & Segraves PA, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1065

    DeKalb county attempted to reassess the plaintiff's land for the sole purpose of increasing its value in contravention of O.C.G.A. § 48-5-

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1342

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of a similar incident near the same MARTA station where the defendant approached the victim while she was on her way to

  • Schaff v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shana M. Rooks, Jonesboro, and Mitchell D. White, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, Leslie Miller-Terry, Solicitor General, Evelyn Proctor, Master Assistant Solicitor General, and Tasha M. Mosley, Assistant Solicitor General, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1064

    The state proved venue through a housing inspector's testimony that the defendant's trailer, where a veterinarian and her staff took control of 33 cats, was in Clayton c

  • State v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2005-10-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Finnis K. Salmon, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher P. Twyman Cox, Byinton, Corwin, Niedrach, Smith & Twyman, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0824

    No evi supported a "no-knock" provision in a search warrant that was based on standard language involving the affiant's general knowledge of whether the defendant would destroy the drug evi

  • Ace Techs. Inc. v. PMCS Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-10-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Penland, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph L. Taylor III, Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0475

    The trial court erroneously premised its ruling on hearsay in a bench trial on a contract di

  • Diaz v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Bradley, Riverdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jewel C. Scott, District Attorney, and Richard C. Brown, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1472

    The testimony of a drug task force agent and a deputy about their own actions and observations during a drug deal did not constitute he

  • Carter v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Culp, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, and Melanie J. Brogden, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0981

    The defendant was not entitled to a mistrial after the state identified the victim as their next witness, since the victim took the stand and invoked her marital privilege after the jury was ex

  • Sharp v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah H. Pines, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen J. Tuggle, Solicitor General, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1164

    The Fourth Amendment's protection does not extend to open f

  • Evors v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph L. Phelps III Smith & Phelps, Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Brunswick, and John B. Johnson III, Assistant District Attorney, Jesup, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1233

    The trial court properly imposed a special condition of probation requiring the defendant to register as a sexual offender after he pled guilty to one count of child molestation and was sentenced t