• Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy D. Jones, Helena, proceeded pro se. Julia A. Slater, District Attorney, Elisha W. Jernigan Jr., Assistant District Attorney, and Kristy W. Dugan District Attorney's Office, Columbus, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A09A2165

    The defendant was not entitled to directly appeal the denial of his motion to correct his 1999 sentences, because he did not allege that the imposed sentences were

  • Belcher v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia L. Garrard and Anthony S. Carter Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1965

    The state showed with reasonable certainty that the marijuana tested by the evidence technician was the same contraband delivered to the defe

  • Patterson v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer W. DeBaun Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., Solicitor General, and Andrea D. McGee, Assistant Solicitor, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1710

    Although no direct evidence showed that the defendant was driving the wrecked car, sufficient circumstantial evidence supported the trial judge's finding that the defendant wrecked the car while dri

  • Berry v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric J. Taylor, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1839

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in failing to strike a prospective juror, who had an ongoing business relationship with the distri orney's office and who was friends with the distr

  • Carolina v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald R. Parker, Assistant Public Defender, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and William J. Hunter, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A2053

    The expert, who made the determin that the substance in question was contraband, testified at trial and was subject to cross-examin

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  • Garcia v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel L. Henderson, Temple, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Adam P. Taylor and Jeffery W. Hunt, Assistant District Attorneys, Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1641

    The Court vacated the defendant's 10-year sentence, because the language of the charges to which she pled guilty, tracked that of O.C.G.A. § 16-9-4 b 5, which provides a punishment range of one to f

  • J.M.S. Building Maintenance, Inc. v. Adcox

    Publication Date: 2010-01-15
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Fisher II and Denise W. Spitalnick Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert M. Yates III, Michael D. St. Amand Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, John C. Hillis, Andrew J. Hamilton Hamilton, Westby, Antonowich & Anderson LLP, Atlanta, and David M. Van Sant Dickerson & Van Sant LLC, Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1601

    An issue of fact existed as to whether the co-defendant's employee performed his duties negligently by failing to dispose of mop water in one of two safe places suggested t

  • Bailey v. Annistown Road Baptist Church Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-01-08
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Hughes Jr. and William E. Fields Hughes & Assocs., Stone Mountain, for Bailey. W. Wray Eckl Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for Annistown Road Baptist Church. Karen G. Thomas, County Attorney, and Michael P. Ludwiczak, Senior Assistant County Attorney, Lawrenceville, for Gwinnett County.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A09A1186, A09A1231, A09A1717

    The tr urt had the authority and the duty to instruct the jury to reconsider the verdict once a substantial error in the charge was discovered, even though the plaintiff did not object to the t

  • America's Home Place, Inc. v. Cassidy

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Pope Langdale III and Christina L. Folsom Langdale Vallotton LLP, Valdosta, and James M. Walters, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. C. Durham, Cuthbert, and Jacob M. Zuniga Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A09A1148

    The arbitration award in favor of a builder was not subject to vacatur on grounds that the arbitrator failed to comply with OCGA §

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine M. Mason, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1047

    The defendant's movement of the victim from a vehicle into a ditch did not constitute asportation, because the movement was minimal in duration, done in the commission of other offenses and did not