• Cantera v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. G. Joseph Kunes Jr., Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Bradfield M. Shealy, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee,

    Case Number: A10A0081

    The state proved venue through evidence that the victim was shot and buried in Echols c

  • Howard v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and John O. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0785

    Defense counsel was not deficient for failing to make a futile motion to strike the eyewitness's testimony as irrel

  • Selective HR Solutions Inc. v. Mulligan

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. Brieske, Atlanta, for Selective HR Solutions Inc. Thomas W. Herman Westmoreland, Patterson, Moseley & Hinson LLP, Macon, for Mulligan. Other party representation: Delece Brooks State Bd. of Workers' Compensation,Donald J. Palmisano Jr. Medical Ass'n of Ga., Lawrence J. LoRusso Lorusso Law Firm PC, Atlanta, and Thomas M. Finn Finn & Hurt, Dalton.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A10A0008, A10A0009

    Rule 205 of the State Board of Workers' Compensation provides only a rebuttal presumption in favor of compensability in favor of a claimant upon an authorized treating physician's request for advanc

  • Haygood v. Head

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Johnny and Donna Haygood, Silver Creek, proceeded pro se. James S. Astin, Cedartown, for Head. Larry H. Rogers, Rockmart, proceeded pro se. Christopher P. Twyman Cox, Byington, Corwin & Twyman, Rome, for Tilley.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A10A0756; A10A0757; A10A1225; A10A1226; A10A1227

    The trial court lacked the authority to rule, sua sponte, on the merits of a collateral estoppel defense, because it is an affirmative defense that must be pled and proved by a party to the action,

  • Scott v. Government Employees Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank F. Pape Jr., Norcross, for Scott. Harold W. Spence and George L. French, Atlanta, for Daniel. Joseph B. Cruser and Nola D. Jackson Cruser & Mitchell, Norcross, for Government Employees Ins. Co. Other party representation: Trevor G. Hiestand Harper, Waldon & Craig, Charis L. Johnson Law Office of Clifton Lee & Assocs., George H. Connell Jr. Dennis, Corry, Porter & Smith and Steven Salcedo, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A10A0220, A10A0221

    The insurer failed to carry its burden to prove that its insureds were not entitled to coverage for any claim arising under the auto insurance policy, since the insurer did not support its motion fo

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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-16
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia W. Harrison, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0351

    An investigating officer's testimony concerning his personal knowledge of the crimes he investigated is not he

  • Belcher v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shea Belcher, Waycross, proceeded pro se. Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, and Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A10A0453

    There was no defect in the aggravated assault counts of the indictment against the defe

  • City of McDonough v. Campbell

    Publication Date: 2010-07-02
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard R. Gignilliat and Amy S. Auffant Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren R. Power and Patrick D. Jaugstetter Power, Cooper & Jaugstetter PC, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0598

    Some evidence supported the $17,585.80 judgment for the former Chief Building Inspector for the city of McDonough in his suit against the city for a breach of his employment agre

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-06-25
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason S. Monroe, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Jimmie E. Baggett Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0303

    The trial court should have merged the defendant's conviction for aggravated assault into his armed robbery conviction, since the state relied on the same act of assault-hitting the victim in the he

  • Harris v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2010-06-25
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad H. Gamradt Browning & Gamradt PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: N. O. Williams Ferguson Law Firm, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0294

    The trial court erred in increasing the mother's child support obligation without finding a substantial change in the mother's income since the entry of the party's final divorce d