• Daniels v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-01-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, District Attorney, and Randal McGinley District Attorney's Office, Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1103

    There was sufficient independent evidence corroborating the accomplice's testimony that defendant participated in the armed robbery of a convenience store to support defendant's convictions as a par

  • Gilmer v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-01-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard Brody Brody Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Gerald Mason District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0919

    Defendant failed to prove that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to object to improper bolstering testimony, and the Court affirmed his convictions for child molestation a

  • Befekadu v. Addis Int'l Money Transfer LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-01-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Oldham, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Phillips Phillips Law LLC, Alpharetta, and Harold Ehrman, Tucker, for appellees.

    Case Number: A16A0818

    The tria t's factual findings supported a material and logical connection between the issues presented at trial and defense counsel's prior representation of plaintiff LLC; accordingly, the tri

  • Travis v. QuikTrip Corp.

    Publication Date: 2017-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis McLendon McLendon Law Group LLC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathleen Hurley and Joseph Cruser Cruser Mitchell LLP, Norcross, for appellees.

    Case Number: A16A1209

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to defendant gas st in plaintiff's suit arising after he was hit by a car while delivering gasoline to the st

  • Bonner v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erin Donohue-Koehler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Kevin Armstrong District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1097

    Defendant's guilty plea to theft by receiving a stolen vehicle barred his subsequent prosecution for hijacking the same motor vehicle, as the charges were mutually excl

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  • Bender v. Southtowne Motors of Newnan II Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Michael Flinn SAAG, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John McCullough, Jeremy McCullough McCullough Payne Haan LLC, Atlanta, Kathleen Hurley, and Joseph Cruser Cruser Mitchell LLP, Norcross, for appellees. Amicus Curiae: Samuel S. Olens, Christopher Carr, Attorneys General, Britt Grant, Charlene Swartz Attorney General's Office, and Anne Infinger Department of Law/Consumer Protection, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A16A0784

    The trial court partially erred in granting summary judgment to car dealership in plaintiffs' suit alleging that dealership violated the Georgia Lemon Law when it sold them a vehicle that had been r

  • State v. Clay

    Publication Date: 2016-12-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Heap, District Attorney, and Burt Burton District Attorney's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Justin Maines, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1233

    The trial court erred in granting defendant's motion to suppress the results of a state-administered chemical blood test in his DUI trial, because there was no evidence that his consent to the test

  • Coffey v. State of GA

    Publication Date: 2016-12-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Filipovits, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Michael Morrison, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1440

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that appellant's in rem forfeiture answer did not strictly comply with the special pleading requirements of O.C.G.A. § 9-16-12 subsectio

  • Cooper Tire Rubber Co. v. Koch

    Publication Date: 2016-12-20
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clinton Fletcher, George Neuhauser Nall Miller LLP, Atlanta, Reed Warburton Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, AL, and Scott Smith Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Huntsville, AL, for appellant.
    for defendant: Katherine McArthur, Laura Hinson, Caleb Walker Katherine L. McArthur LLC, and Tracey Dellacona Dellacona Law Firm, Macon, for appellees. Other party representation: Stephen Collier Hawkins Parnell Thackston Young LLP, Atlanta, and George Welborn Downey, Cleveland, Parker Williams, Marietta.

    Case Number: A16A1219

    The court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion to dismiss, or alternatively, to bar certain evidence as a sanction for spoliation of evidence, as the record supported th

  • In Re: Estate of Jimmy Curtis

    Publication Date: 2016-12-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Crayon Crayon Law Firm LLC, Kennesaw, for appellant.
    for defendant: G. Phillip Beggs Moore Ingram Johnson Steele LLP, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Tanesha Womack Department of Human Services Div. of Aging Services/Middle GA, Newnan.

    Case Number: A16A1259

    The superior court did not abuse its discretion in finding that adult ward failed to show by clear and convincing evidence that his conservator denied him a right or privilege as provided in O.C.G.A