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  • Jefferson v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Jefferson, Pineville, proceeded pro se. Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A2173

    A defendant charged with failing register as a sexual offender may register in the county of his conviction and file a petition to be released from the registration requirements pursuant to O.C.G.A.

  • Lightfoot v. Hollins

    Publication Date: 2011-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary A. Stearns-Montgomery and Ryan A. Proctor Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony M. Zezima, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A1923

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in this grandparent visitation action by denying the father's motion for summary judgment, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-11-56 f, to allow a guardian ad litem

  • Ware v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis A. Williams and H. Bradford Morris Jr. Public Defender's Office, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Wanda L. Vance and John D. West Jr., Assistant District Attorneys, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1998

    Evi of statements made by the defendant during the commission of the offense is admissible as part of the res gestae of the crime even if it puts the defendant's character in evi

  • Mayfield v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn R. Elwart, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1862

    The arson victim's testimony sufficiently showed the cost to repair a house and that repairs were not an absurd undertaking under the circumst

  • Moore v. REO Properties Accredited Home Lenders Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Moore, Lithonia, proceeded pro se. Robert J. Solomon Kenney, Solomon & Medina PC, Duluth, William J. Layng Jr. Pendergast & Jones PC and Richard C. Taylor, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A10A2330

    Challenges to a foreclosure sale cannot be asserted as a defense in a subsequent dispossessory proce

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  • State v. Hood

    Publication Date: 2010-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Paige R. Whitaker Fulton County District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monique R. Walker, Maxwell Schardt Public Defender's Office, Jeffrey W. Frazier Metro Conflict Defender, Jonathan H. Fain, Barbara L. Jennings, Atlanta, Bobby D. Wilson, Alpharetta, Andre M. Johnson, Rodney A. Williams and Cynthia Adams, Decatur, for appellee. Other party representation: Rolf A. Jones Kaine & Jones, Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, and Lee W. Shafer, Duluth.
    Case Number: A10A1050

    The defendants' indictment sufficiently alleged that a gang existed and was ongoing when the defendants allegedly committed the enumerated offenses and, thus, the defendants had all the information

  • Teasley v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia A. Provost Public Defender's Office, Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0837

    In light of the trial court's numerous errors and application of the balancing test set forth in Barker v. Wingo, the Court held that the trial court abused its discretion by denying appellant's mot

  • Lumsden v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2010-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard S. Alembik and Willis L. Miller IV Richard S. Alembik PC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Fred D. Bentley Sr. Bentley, Bentley & Bentley, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A1395

    In action alleging construction defects in home, the trial court erred in holding that appellants' remedial repair efforts entitled appellees to summary judgment under Repair Act because requirement

  • VFH Captive Ins. Co. v. Pleitez

    Publication Date: 2010-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Lober Morriss, Lober & Dobson LLC, Roswell, for appellee. Richard T. Taylor Taylor & Viers, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A10A1372

    Nothing in the Georgia Captive Insurance Company Act, O.C.G.A. § 33-4-1 et seq., explicitly prohibits a captive insurer from offering uninsured motorist coverage to its ins

  • Goldsmith v. Peterson

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner and Cory G. Begner Begner & Begner PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Emory A. Schwall, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A0989

    Appellants' challenge to the validity of real estate purchase and sales agreement did not amount to a waiver of their right to enforce the agreement's liquidated damages provision, and thus the tria