• Andrews v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, District Attorney, and Emily Puhala, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2221

    The trial court properly admitted DNA evidence that the defendant voluntarily provided to police in order to establish if he was the father of his 12-year-old niece's baby, since the defendant had f

  • Boatner v. Show Media LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Wade Wade Law Offices, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William Claxton Claxton LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2080

    A genuine issue of material fact remained as to whether the negligent driver was an independent contractor or an employee of the app

  • Hildebrand v. Bank of Am. NA

    Publication Date: 2015-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Cox Cox Law Project LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Meggison Bleecker Brodey Andrews, Atlanta, and Thomas Kenney Kenney Medina PC, Suwanee, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1956

    The two loans at issue were not "inextricably intertwined" such that one creditor's failure to obtain conformation of a non-judicial foreclosure barred the second creditor's right to recover in its

  • Evans v. Department of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2015-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Boone, Irwinton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Atlanta, Paul Dunbar Capers, Dunbar, Sanders, Bruckner Bellotti LLP, Augusta, and Irwin Evans Avant Evans, Sandersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1795

    Evidence relating to the zoning ordinance prohibiting mining on the condemned property absent a special exception was relevant and material to the valuation of the property, which contained a subte

  • Carter v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and David Getachew-Smith District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1741

    The defendant's acquittal for voluntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense of malice m did not bar his conviction for voluntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense of felony m

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  • Brazeal v. NewPoint Media Group LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rigrish Bodker Ramsey Andrews Winograd Wildstein, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas Panayotopoulos Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn Dial, Atlanta, Bill Berger, and Charles Grell Brownstein Farber Hyatt Schreck LLP, Denver, Colo., for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2007

    A review of the unambiguous emplo contract plainly demonstrated that the plaintiff was not entitled to severance pay after his former employer declined to renew his initial term of emplo

  • State v. Randle

    Publication Date: 2015-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Robert Mooradian District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christa Kirk The Kirk Law Firm PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1676

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in releasing the defendant from the sex offender registration require

  • State v. Pickens

    Publication Date: 2015-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Joshua Morrison District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brenda Bernstein The Bernstein Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1593

    The evidence supported the trial court's finding that the special education teacher was entitled to immunity under O.C.G.A. § 20-2-1001 on charges against her for six counts of cruelty to children a

  • Palmer v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Conklin and Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert James, District Attorney, and Deborah Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1941

    The trial court's jury instruction included impermissible language expressing an opinion regarding the reliability of the child molestation victim's state

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Reba Barton Child Law Policy Center, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Vaughn, District Attorney, and Lauren Finley, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Eastman, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2176

    The superior court had jurisdiction to accept the defendant's negotiated guilty plea to felony obstruction of an officer, which arose after an altercation with a guard at the youth facility where th