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  • Vann v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond Lakes Public Defender's Office, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia Slater, District Attorney, and LaRae Moore, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0686

    Although defense counsel emphasized the weaknesses in the victim's identification testimony, the fact-finder was authorized to find the defendant guilty of the crimes ch

  • Rivas v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Davis The Davis Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, Newnan, and Vincent Faucette, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0766

    The Court found that the defendant entered his guilty plea knowingly and voluntarily, despite his contention that he was not aware that his mother would have testified that he did not commit an agg

  • Calcaterra v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samir Patel White, Choate & Watkins, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Campbell, Rosemary Greene, District Attorneys, Cartersville, and Elizabeth York, Assistant District Attorney, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0325

    The officer had probable cause to stop the defendant when he observed her vehicle cross the fog line three times, giving rise to a reasonable articulable suspicion that she was driving under the in

  • Colbert v. Colbert

    Publication Date: 2013-05-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alison Arce, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip Ladin Ladin & Associates, Kennesaw, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0095

    The Clayton County court properly acquired jurisdiction to modify the divorce decree entered in Fulton County, since the plaintiff filed a petition to modify child support in Clayton County where th

  • Carter v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lon Kemeness, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford Bowden, District Attorney, and Kevin Hutto, Assistant District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0622

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for aggravated assault and child molestation, as an investigator testified regarding her interview with the child-victim, the child drew a picture

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  • In the Interest of R. L.

    Publication Date: 2013-05-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shauna Hill Office of the Child Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and LaMia Saxby Saxby Law Group LLC, Stone Mountain, for appellee. Other party representation: Jessica Huff Public Defender's Office, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A13A0011

    The Court found that DFCS failed to conduct a timely evaluation of the mother's new housing and that if it had, it would have found that the child was no longer dep

  • Simmons v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Alfred Johnson, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry Morgan, Solicitor General, and Rachel Plevak, Assistant Solicitor General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0083

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for aggressive driving, since the record showed that the defendant struck the witness's truck four times in rapid succession and then struck it agai

  • Pierce v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Cason, Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosanna Szabo, Solicitor General, and Tad Keller Solicitor General's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0440

    An officer's testimony was sufficient to support the defendant's conviction for improperly passing an emergency vehicle in violation of the Spencer Pas

  • Peterson v. Banker

    Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jim Peterson Peterson & Harris PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas Pieschel Moorman Pieschel LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0530

    The trial court properly awarded $245K in damages to the defendant based on her malicious prosecution counter

  • Mullis v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Shea Deming, Parker, Hoffman, Campbell & Daly, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman, District Attorney, and Kelly Jenkins District Attorney's Office, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0044

    The trial court erred in failing to merge the defendant's convi for aggravated assault and criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, since the offenses arose out of the same act or transa