• Holdaway v. Holdaway

    Publication Date: 2016-09-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Adam, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Reilly, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Other party representation: Debra Hale, Lawrenceville.

    Case Number: A16A1239

    The trial court did not err in awarding custody of the minor child to the child's maternal grandmother and awarding visitation to the child's f

  • McNorrill v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-09-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Brumby Public Defender's Office, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, and Joshua Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1016

    The evidence authorized a rational trier of fact to infer that the defendant possessed the marijuana police found in the vehicle in which he was riding with intent to distribute, rather than for per

  • Chism v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-09-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deandre Chism, Valdosta, proceeded pro se. Brian Fortner, David McDade, District Attorneys, and Emily Richardson District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A16A0907

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion for an out-of-time direct appeal following his guilty plea to armed robbery, kidnapping and other off

  • Cohen v. Rogers

    Publication Date: 2016-09-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Terry, Alison Prout, Patrick Fagan Bondurant, Mixson Elmore, Atlanta, David Cohen Complex Law Group LLC, Hylton Dupree Dupree Kimbrough LLP, and John Butters, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert Ingram, David Conley, and Jeffrey Daxe Moore Ingram Johnson Steele LLP, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0259

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting the plaintiff's motion to disqualify two of the defendant's lawyers in a civil suit, because the attorneys had a conflict of int

  • Northside Bank v. MountainBrook of Bartow Cnty. Homeowners Ass'n Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon Jones and Cameron McCord Jones Walden LLC, Atlanta, for Northside Bank. Fred Bentley and Benjamin Hungerford in Case No. A16A0005 only Bentley, Bentley Bentley, Marietta, for MountainBrook.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A16A0005; A16A0220

    The plaintiff failed to show that the late fees provision in the parties' agreement was an enforceable liquidated damages provision, rather than an impermissible penalty, and the trial court thus e

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  • Anderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-08-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raina Nadler, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, and John Edwards District Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1242

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting recorded telephone calls the defendant made to a witness from jail, because the calls were relevant and admissible to show the defendant's c

  • Coleman v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-08-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adrian Patrick, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise Fachini, District Attorney, and Christian Brown District Attorney's Office, Cordele, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0660

    The defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claim and the trial court thus properly denied his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to influencing a wi

  • Brown v. Tucker

    Publication Date: 2016-08-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Denise Hoying and Daniel Prout Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand Prout, Atlanta, for Brown. Ben Brodhead, Jennifer Mundy, and Ashley Fournet in Case No. A16A0345 only Brodhead Law LLC, Atlanta, for Tucker.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A16A0344; A16A0345

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting the personal injury plaintiff's motion in limine to exclude a state trooper's testimony opining about the cause of an underlying traffic col

  • Legacy Acad. Inc. v. Doles-Smith Enters. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Bachman Gregory Doyle Calhoun Rogers LLC, Atlanta, for Legacy Academy. Cary Ichter and William Davis Ichter Kresky Associates LLC, Atlanta, for Doles-Smith Enters..
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A16A0174; A16A0175

    In a franchisee's suit against the franchisor of daycare businesses, in which the franchisee alleged that the franchisor provided false and misleading information when they entered into the franchis

  • Smith v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co.

    Publication Date: 2016-08-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Warshauer and Trent Shuping Warshauer Law Group PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daryl Clarida, Eileen Crowley, and Keith Hayasaka Hall Bloch Garland Meyer LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0711

    The evidence supported the trial court's jury charge on sudden emergency in the wrongful death action arising from a fatal collision between a freight train and a pickup truck at a railroad cro