• Sauls v. Atchison

    Publication Date: 2014-03-31
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Durant, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shane Geeter, Milledgeville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A13A1876

    The trial court properly terminated the father's parental rights to his daughter and granted a decree of adoption to the child's grandpa

  • SPH Glynn LLC v. Glynn Cnty. Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2014-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A13A1752; A13A1753

    The property owner was entitled to recover attorneys' fees and costs under O.C.G.A. § 48-5-311 subsection g 4 B ii, as the final property valuation in its tax appeal was $2.6M, in comparison to the

  • Finch v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-27
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Hube Hube & Tucker PC, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Mallard, District Attorney, and Joseph Black, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1922

    The fact that no one at the real estate closing law firm swore in the defendant by raising his hand and taking an oath and the fact that the notary did not personally witness his signature did not m

  • Jordan v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tobe Karrh Public Defender's Office, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman, District Attorney, and Tony May, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A2079

    During a traffic stop, the police officers witnessed the defendant spit out a substance, which the officers retrieved and which tested positive for co

  • Hoke v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donnelly, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Samuel Skelton, Assistant District Attorney, Homer, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1997

    The trial court's actions of granting a continuance of the trial ex parte and excusing the jury did not require reversal of the defendant's convictions for aggravated child mole n and child mol

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  • City of Atlanta v. Shavers

    Publication Date: 2014-03-24
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tamara Baines, Veronica Hoffler, LaShawn Terry, and Robert Godfrey City of Atlanta Law Department, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Craig Jones The Federal Firm, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Michael Barksdale Law Office of Phillip Williams, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A13A1949

    The defendant officer was not immune from the plaintiff's suit claiming false imprisonment and ious prosecution, as facts existed from which a jury could infer that the officer acted with actua

  • Harper v. Ameris Bank

    Publication Date: 2014-03-24
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Simon Bloom, Ariel Zion, and Stephanie Everett The Bloom Sugarman Everett LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimberly Harris and Quentin Marlin Ellis Painter Ratteree & Adams, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1694

    A party seeking to confirm a nonjudicial foreclosure sale is under no obligation to present an expert appraisal of the pro

  • L & K Enters. LLC v. City Nat'l Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2014-03-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Minsk Minsk & Associates LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas Pieschel Moorman Pieschel LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1887

    The bank met the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 44-14-162 subsection b by filing the assignment of the security deed naming it as the holder of the note in default 19 minutes prior to the earliest possi

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-19
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, and John Cranford District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A2267

    The defendant invited the victim to physically fight her after a dispute arose over a $5 dice bet and after two to three punches were thrown, the defendant shot the victim non-fatally in the

  • Hicks v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Futch, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Mallard, District Attorney, and Keith McIntyre, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1716

    Comments the trial court made to the jury pool constituted an explanation of the procedure leading up to their service as jurors and did not reflect negatively on the defendant or suggest his