• Anderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew L. Waters, Wrightsville, for appellant. John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, and Melissa L. Poole, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1385

    The trial testimony of two officers about the co-defendant's statements did not require reversal, given the overwhelming evidence against the defendant, including the convenience store clerk's ident

  • Cameron v. Miles

    Publication Date: 2011-10-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley E. Foster and Jolanda E. Herring Hollowell Foster & Herring PC, Atlanta, for appellants. Precious Anderson-Scott The Anderson Firm LLC, and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1161

    The trial court abused its discretion in granting the plaintiff's motion to strike the answer and counterclaim of the defendant based solely on the defendant's failure to respond

  • Riddick v. Williams & Bowling Developers LLC

    Publication Date: 2011-09-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louise T. Hornsby and Audrey L. Arrington-Hawkins, Atlanta, for appellants. Benjamin M. Perkins Oliver Maner LLP, Savannah, Donald L. Swift III and Robert M. Reeves Andersen Tate & Carr PC, Duluth, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0887

    The trial court properly concluded that the 1-year statute of limitation barred the homeowners' application to confirm a favorable arbitration

  • Orton v. Masquerade Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-09-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles B. Tanksley and James C. Tribble The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellant. Wade K. Copeland and Lee P. Gutschenritter Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0792

    The district court did not err in finding that an allegedly negligent performer was an independent contractor as a matter of law, notwithstanding the defendants' oral agreements with the performer e

  • Myers v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-09-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rex B. Abernathy Cook & Connelly and Steven A. Miller, Summerville, for appellant. Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and John A. Tully District Attorney's Office, Rome, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1358

    Evidence presented by the state regarding the defendant's fugitive status was relevant to prove that he had a motive for fleeing from and eluding police, and was not rendered inadmissible because it

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  • Sadler v. Department of Transp. of the State of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher D. Britt Tate Law Group LLC and Brent J. Savage Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A11A0665, A11A0666, A11A0667 and A11A0668. Jack J. Helms, Homerville, for appellant in A11A0668. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Robert C. Edwards and Claude M. Sitton, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee in A11A0665, A11A0666, A11A0667 and A11A0668. Other party representation in A11A0668: George R. Lilly II Alexander & Vann, Thomasville.

    Case Number: A11A0665; A11A0666; A11A0667; A11A0668

    The design-standards exception to the waiver of sovereign immunity applied to the plaintiffs' claims against the Georgia DOT because the plans and designs for the intersection where the traffic acci

  • Martin-Argaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John H. Petrey, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Stephen A. Fern, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A0935

    Although the defendant argued that there was no evidence he fired a gun at anyone other than the person injured, it is well-settled that firing a weapon into a group makes each individual therein a

  • Albertson v. City of Jesup

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy N. Jones and Carl R. Varnedoe Jones, Osteen & Jones, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Terry L. Readdick and Laura E. Roberts Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A1392

    Sovereign immunity barred the plaintiff's negligence claim based on the city's allegedly negligent placement and maintenance of a stop

  • Few v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony M. Few, Oglethorpe, proceeded pro se. Lee Darragh, District Attorney, and Wanda L. Vance, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0814

    The Court dismissed the defendant's challenge to his sentence for selling cocaine, which the Sentence Review Panel reduced from life imprisonment to 20 years, because the modified 20-year sentence w

  • Thackston v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-09-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven A. Cook, placeCityMariettafor appellant. James D. McDade, District Attorney, Thomas E. Kegley and James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A09A2060

    The exclusionary rule does not apply to probation revocation procee