• Barkley v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia S. Griffin Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carmen D. Smith, Solicitor General, and R. Leon Benham, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1829

    The jury was authorized to conclude that venue was properly laid in Fulton County, because the evidence showed that defendant was traveling on Interstate 85, the officer, who observed defendant spee

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernadette C. Crucilla, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Sandra G. Matson and Myra Y. Hutchinson, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1988

    The record supported a conclusion that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered his

  • Bruce v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles A. Spahos, Solicitor General, and Jefferson F. Upchurch, Assistant Solicitor General, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A2111

    In the absence of a transcript, the trial court presumably ruled correctly in granting a mistrial after finding that the cross-examination of a s witness prejudiced the

  • Poole v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance D. Dutton and Christopher G. Paul Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Richard A. Hull, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A2366

    Any error in failing to charge the jury on the lesser charge of manufacturing methamph e was harmless because the jury could not have split verdicts on manufacturing methamph e and methamp

  • United Capital Fin. of Atlanta LLC v. American Inv. Assocs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Petersen, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: William H. Blalock Jr. Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1861

    Under O.C.G.A. § 48-4-43, which addresses the redemption of property sold for taxes, the first priority lien for the redemption price of the property arises as to any creditor of the defendant in f

  • Hitch v. Vasarhelyi

    Publication Date: 2010-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter C. Hartridge Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . H. Lehman Franklin Jr., Statesboro, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, and John E. Hennelly, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Per B. Normark, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A08A0065

    Landowners have standing to contest a zoning or licensing decision, even though the contemplated action had not yet been completed, or even

  • Cordovia v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryann F. Blend, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Tracie H. Cason, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1805

    The defendant broke down his girlfriend's door, entered her residence uninvited, ignored her demands to leave and initiated physical altercation wit

  • Griffin v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy P. Healy Healy & Svoren, Toccoa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian M. Rickman, District Attorney, Toccoa, and James E. Staples Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Clarksville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1916

    The defendant's statement to an officer that his license was suspended constituted an admission, rather than a confession, which would require corroboration under O.C.G.A. § 24-3-53, since the state

  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Davis Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, Sara A. Thompson and Lawton W. Scott, Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1579

    A warrantless search is authorized, if conducted pursuant to a lawful arrest, and the officers had probable cause to arrest defe

  • Rowland v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William E. Whitaker, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Lara A Snow District Attorney's Office, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A2348

    The trial court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress evidence of cocaine found in car, because police reasonably conducted inventory search to protect against claims of lost or stolen prop