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  • Kothari v. Patel

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Turner Jr., Valdosta, and Steven J. Estep Cohen, Cooper & Estep, Atlanta, for Kothari. Michael S. Bennett Sr., Valdosta, Wade H. Watson III and Robert S. Carlson Caldwell & Watson, Atlanta, for Vijay Patel. Jack J. Helms Jr. Helms & Helms PC, Homerville, Steven J. Estep Cohen, Cooper & Estep and Stephen C. Andrews Bodker, Ramsey & Andrews, Atlanta, for Arvind Patel.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0286; A03A0287

    Evidence that defendants mistreated and defrauded other Indian immigrants in unrelated business dealings was admissible for impeachment pur

  • Gay v. Strain

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Emmett, Trenton, for Gay. Larry B. Hill, Lafayette, for Strain.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0596; A03A0597

    Appellants could not acquire title to 20 acres of disputed property forming the northern boundary of their land through adverse possession, since the deeds they relied upon granted title only to pro

  • Prather v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Davis Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Roderick B. Wilkerson, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0413

    The court's instructions to defense counsel at the conclusion of defendant's bond revocation hearing constituted special permission to file an out-of-time demand for speedy

  • Laye v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie G. Patterson, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Matthew T. McNally, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0539

    Trial counsel's decision not to request an instruction limiting the jury's consideration of a prior felony conviction to firearms offense was a matter of trial ta

  • Cummings v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Jerome M. Rothschild Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0187

    The defendant's videotaped statement showed his acquaintance with one of the victims and corroborated the victim's ac

  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael White, Sparta, proceeded pro se. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Amira S. AbuBakr, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0406

    The trial court properly denied defendant's pro se motion for an out-of-time appeal where he failed to set forth the issues he intended to raise on appeal or show how they could be resolved by facts

  • Blance v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephanie S. Benfield Stuckey & Manheimer LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Mary E. Leonard, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0466

    Witnesses saw defendant's young sons with the victim's stolen handbag and the defendant lied about the contents of a garbage bag, which officers saw on the back seat of defendant'

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricky W. Morris Jr. Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, and Edythe S. Whitaker, McDonough, for appellee. Charles A. Spahos, Solicitor General, McDonough, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0616

    The arresting officer had probable cause to stop and briefly detain defendant's vehicle based on a dispatcher's report of an altercation at a nearby restaurant and his observation of several people

  • English v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tara D. Dickerson Office of the Pub. Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Madelaine C. Colbert, Office of the Solicitor General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0079

    The evidence did not support the defendant's conviction for driving his girl friend's car without insurance because there was no evidence that he knew the car was unin

  • Zinnamon v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith M. Morris, Baxley, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Brunswick, and John B. Johnson III, Assistant District Attorney, Jesup, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0433

    Defendant has $300 in marked bills on his person shortly after a controlled buy involving his front seat pass