Filter This View

  • City of Atlanta v. Kovalcik

    Publication Date: 2014-12-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Burton City of Atlanta Law Department, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Rogers Deitch & Rogers LLC, and Robin Clark, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, George Shingler, Ashley Wilson Shingler Lewis LLC, James Bidgood, Philip Fortune Smith Currie & Hancock LLP, Melissa Kahren, and Stephen Schatz Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A14A0768

    Under the somewhat peculiar factual circumstances of the case, the absence of lighting at the newly reconfigured intersection could be considered as evidence on the issue of whether the intersection

  • In the Interest of T. J. J.

    Publication Date: 2014-12-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daveniya Fisher, Pooler, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, District Attorney, Diane McLeod, Assistant District Attorney, and Austin Roberson District Attorney's Office, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1194

    The evidence authorized the juvenile court to find that the juvenile knew or should have known that the watches and guns he possessed were s

  • Lingo v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-12-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Marr, Doraville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Karen Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0832

    Although the trial court improperly admitted evidence of the defendant's gang affiliation, the defendant failed to show harm resulting from the admission of such evidence since there was substantial

  • Rivers v. K-Mart Corp.

    Publication Date: 2014-11-25
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Creasy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Strawinski and Daniel Cheek Strawinski & Stout PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0752

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing evidence of the plaintiff's criminal history during the damages stage of the bifurcated trial on his claims of malicious prosecution and fals

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon McClure Public Defender's Office, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Bradfield Shealy, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Jessica Clark, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1252

    The defendant's counsel was not ineffective in failing to challenge the armed robbery charge of the indictment, which did not allege that the currency the defendant stole was the property of an

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    Constangy’s Field Guide to The Americans with Disabilities Act and Its Amendments 2014

    Authors: Michael D. Malfitano

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Sneiderman v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Anna G. Cross, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1759

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion for bond pending appeal of her convic

  • Durham v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A14A0916

    The trial court improperly denied the defendant's motions to wit his guilty plea without a hearing and without appointing the defendant counsel, as he had requested in his pro se motion to wit

  • Pierre-Louis v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-09-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Fortner, James McDade, District Attorneys, and Rachel Ackley, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1275

    The evidence supported the defendant's child cruelty conviction, as witnesses testified that he failed to intervene while his girlfriend beat her 3-year-ol

  • Aguirre v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-09-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, District Attorney, and Jennifer Hendee District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1176

    The defendant was aware that he was resisting a law enforcement officer, since the officer identified himself and there were police cars with flashing blue lights and loud sirens in the immediate

  • Freeman v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-09-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monica Baron Public Defender's Office, Blairsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, District Attorney, Blairsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0610

    The trial court properly admitted hearsay testimony from the EMS worker who treated the victim at the scene, since the victim's statements were made during an initial examination to determine the di