• Hornsby v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven P. Berne, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Eric C. Crawford, District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A2427

    Absent a showing of prejudice or bias, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to strike two prospective jurors, who knew the investigating off

  • St. Fleur v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Kenner Jr., Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Gail M. Travillian, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, and Stephen N. Knights Jr., Solicitor General, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A1971

    Officers did not improperly prolong the duration of the defendant's lawful traffic stop in having a drug dog perform a free-air sniff less than five minutes of the stop and while one of the officers

  • In the Interest of A. B.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Penny M. Mackey Morris S. Robertson PC, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louie C. Fraser, District Attorney, Terry F. Holland and Bradford N. Childers, Assistant District Attorneys, Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A1889

    The state failed to prove the asport element of the crime of kidnapping to support the juvenile's delinquency adjudic

  • State v. King

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmen D. Smith, Solicitor General, Jeffrey L. Younger and R. Leon Benham, Assistant Solicitors, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard T. Ryczek Jr., Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A2025

    The state's accusation charging that the defendant violated O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391 and titled charge as ' "Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Per Se," ' was sufficient to withstand the defendant's

  • Aguey-Zinsou v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Michael Maloof, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A2324

    The responding officers had exigent circumstances to justify their warrantless entry into the defendant's apartment based on a 911 call that shots had been fired at his apartment complex and their o

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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald R. Parker, Assistant Pub. Defender, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Samuel M. Olmstead and Eric A. Collins District Attorney's Office, Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A2385

    The defendant's sentence on his guilty plea for trafficking cocaine was not facially illegal, since it did not exceed the statutory range permitted by O.C.G.A. § 16-13

  • Potts v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah J. Poole, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A2046

    O.C.G.A. § 40-6-394 imposes no duty on the victim to prevent or mitigate injures caused by a reckless or intoxicated d

  • Ameris Bancorp v. Ackerman

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Moore III and Allen H. Olson Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers PC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin T. Butler, Cairo, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A1588

    The exculpatory language in the guarantee executed along with the lease and note in question did not bar the plaintiff's claims, since the guaranty applied to the city of Cairo's obligations to the

  • Stone v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. McCarthy, Public Defender, and Benjamin D. Goldberg, Assistant Pub. Defender, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Benjamin B. Kenemer, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellees.

    Case Number: A08A1587

    The defendant's right to counsel attached at his initial appearance, when he appeared with a public defender before a magis

  • McKnight v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samir J. Patel Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Cartersville, and Suzanne Z. Brookshire District Attorney's Office, Calhoun, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A1912

    The officer legally ed the defendant for a broken windshield and a broken tag light and the defendant gave her consent to search less than 10 minutes after the officer effectuated the