• Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
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    Case Number: A14A0497

    The defendant's conviction for obstruction of an officer was prohibited since each count of the crime of obstruction was established by proof of the same or less than all the facts required to estab

  • Weldon v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-07-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Richard Stepp, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, District Attorney, and Thomas Williams, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0135

    The court did not deprive the defendant of his Sixth Amendment right to a fair when it required him to wear an electronic security device under his clothing during the

  • Spencer v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-07-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Gibert, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Susan Treadaway, Assistant District Attorney, and John Edwards District Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0268

    Although the defendant had smoked marijuana approximately seven hours prior to a police interview, the evidence showed that he was no longer under the influence at the time of the interview and thus

  • Smith v. Tenet Health Sys. Spalding Inc.

    Publication Date: 2014-07-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Peavy Peavy Law LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Brian Mathis, Kevin Race Insley & Race LLC, Atlanta, and Robert Huestis, Athens, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A0366

    The plaintiff's inability to personally testify as to what her to slip and fall was not fatal to her lawsuit be other evidence permitted an inference as to the

  • Ford-Calhoun v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Anderson and Jimmonique Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Wright, District Attorney, Arkesia Jenkins, and David Slemons District Attorney's Office, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0343

    The evidence did not support a finding that the defendant committed aggravated assault by pointing a gun at the victim, since the victim testified that she never saw a gun in the defendant's posse

  • In Re: Estate of James I. Kaufmann

    Publication Date: 2014-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Bonander and Wade Watson Caldwell & Watson LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Justin O'Dell and Leslie O'Neal O'Dell & O'Neal, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Jamie Kaufmann, Irvin Rabinowitz, Atlanta, Althea Caces, and Jerry Landers, Marietta.

    Case Number: A14A0672

    The probate court's order re-appointing the ward's adult son as his guardian did not constitute an improper modification of the parties' settlement agreement on the

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raina Nadler, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, and Amelia Pray, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0536

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion for pre-trial immunity based on self-de

  • State v. Terrell

    Publication Date: 2014-07-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Lee Tittsworth District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rocky Remson, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0012

    The driver's consent to a vehicle search was

  • Rutledge v. Gemini Capital Grp. LLC

    Publication Date: 2014-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
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    Case Number: A14A0544

    The plaintiff proved the chain of title showing that it was the real party in interest in its suit on a credit card ac

  • McAdoo v. Metropolitan Atlanta Reg'l Transit Auth.

    Publication Date: 2014-05-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
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    Case Number: A13A2006; A13A2007

    The superior court erred in finding that the workers' compensation claimant failed to provide timely notice of his claim to his employer pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 34