• Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anne Watson, Chief Assistant Public Defender, Travis Williams, and H. Bradford Morris, Public Defender's Office, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, and Juliet Aldridge, District Attorney's Office, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0326

    The trial court properly admitted evidence of three prior similar transactions in which the defendant reacted aggressively or violently towards

  • In the Interest of M. L.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jill Roth Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Kimberly Rowden, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0304

    The juvenile disregarded a very real risk that the fire he started without supervision could ignite a town six feet away and that his conduct endangered the lives of children in the town

  • Morgan v. Bunzendahl

    Publication Date: 2012-07-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwayne Singleton and Nicholas Granade Singleton & Singleton LLC, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis Thacker Thacker & Thacker, Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0290

    The pre-existing child support obligations of a parent who ultimately wins a downward modification due to involuntary adversity do not continue to accrue while that parent's modification action is pe

  • Holowiak v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-07-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Cannon, Solicitor General, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A2021

    Whether a witness is material is the standard that trial courts should apply when considering whether to issue a certificate under the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without

  • Midtown Glass Co. LLC d/b/a Glass Inc. v. Levent Industries

    Publication Date: 2012-07-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah Jackson, Andrew Beal Beal & Blitch, LLP, Atlanta, and Patrick Hess Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, PC, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
    for defendant: William Casey, Lisa Whitfield Hicks, Casey & Foster PC, Marietta, and W. Winston Briggs, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A0538

    The waiver of subrogation provision in the parties' lease regarding their mutual intent to shift risk of loss did not address rent, operating costs, tenant damages to the property, or default; there

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  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Finkelstein, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Greg Edwards, District Attorney, Victoria Johnson, Albany, and Heather Lanier, District Attorney's Office, Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0517

    The trial court's error in overruling the defendant's objections to the prosecutor's statements from personal experience during closing argument and those the detective made during his testimony, di

  • State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Myers

    Publication Date: 2012-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Jones, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald Edenfield and Benjamin Colson Edenfield, Cox, Bruce & Classens PC, Statesboro, for appellee. Other party representation: Patricia Paul Oliver, Maner & Gray, Savannah.

    Case Number: A12A0489

    Da for a sexual battery that occurred in a car did not arise out of the use of the car; therefore, the insurance policy in question did not cover the da

  • Smoot v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tasha Mosley, Solicitor General, and Steven Snider Solicitor General's Office, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0627

    The evidence did not establish that the defendant was guilty of keeping a place of prostit

  • Yearwood v. Club Miami Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Maziar, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman Urrutia, Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0550

    The plaintiff, who was shot in the defendant's club, failed to present any evidence that the defendant's voluntary security measures were insufficient or made the security situation worse in order t

  • Bailey v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Thurman, Public Defender, Jasper, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, and Lindsay H. Burton, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0394

    The evidence was sufficient to support defendant's convictions for cocaine posse with intent to distribute and misdemeanor marijuana posse