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  • In re Estate of Johnston

    Publication Date: 2012-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lacrecia G. Cade Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William B. Hill Jr., Lawanda L. Nowlin Ashe Rafuse & Hill LLP, and Roger A. Kirschenbaum, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0995

    T ate's administrator failed to comply with O.C.G.A. § 53-7-50 b 1's notice provision, and the probate court failed to hold a hearing before concluding that the appellant was not a creditor of

  • Chapman v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernadette C. Crucilla Crucilla Law Firm LLC, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla H. Zon, District Attorney, and Melanie M. Bell, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0839

    The defendant failed to show prejudice from his attorney's failure to file special demurrers to the attempted burglary and attempted rape charges because it would not have prevented the State from r

  • Jaraysi v. Sebastian

    Publication Date: 2012-11-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Cauthorn III and Leslie D. O'Neal Cauthorn Nohr & O'Dell PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . C. Lee Davis Bailey Davis Brown & Sutton LLC and Kenneth S. Waldrop, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A0917

    The trial court erred in finding that the landlord breached a subsequent oral agreement to provide security, additional lighting, and to complete construction of an office building across the street

  • Skinner v. State; Dowdell v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Armstrong, Assistant Public Defender, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Edwards, District Attorney, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1582; A12A1583

    The trial court did not plainly err in its charge to the jury on the offense of violating the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, as the instruction included the required element of a

  • Welch v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler Public Defender's Office, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Ballard, District Attorney, and David Younker District Attorney's Office, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1080

    Any error in the trial court's admission of child hearsay evidence was har

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  • Kar v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert Wan and Stephen Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy Floyd, District Attorney, Sandra Rivers, and Thomas Williams, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1491

    The evidence supported a finding that the defendant's ingestion of methamphetamine and amphetamine impaired his ability to safely operate his ve

  • Shell v. Tidewater Fin. Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Carlisle Carlisle Law Firm LLC, Braselton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Day, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1640

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to a finance company in its action seeking to collect a deficiency from the sale of the defendant's repossessed vehicle, as a genuine issue of mate

  • Canty v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, District Attorney, and Marc Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1103

    The Court of Appeals has repeatedly held admissible an expert witness's testimony that such witness did not observe any evidence of coaching, deception, or other phenomenon during forensic intervie

  • Gaskins v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Armstrong, Assistant Public Defender, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Edwards, District Attorney, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0969

    Evidence that a former police officer provided a cellular retail store with an unauthorized social security number, which she obtained from a police database, to open an account on which she eventua

  • Clemens v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique Rodgers and James Bonner Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Ballard, District Attorney, Thomaston, and Robert Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1146

    The indictment charging that the defendant masturbated while straddling his girlfriend's 6-year-old niece adequately apprised the defendant of the child molestation charge against him, and when and