• Strickland v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louie C. Fraser, District Attorney, and Lauren C. Finley, Assistant District Attorney, Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1757

    The trial court did not err in admitting the deputy's testimony identifying the defend a police surveillance tape selling cocaine to a confidential informant, because the deputy met the defen

  • Jamale v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Pearlman Public Defender's Office, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Leslie S. Jones, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1781

    The evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of armed robbery as a party to the crime, because the defendant assisted in holding the in the kitchen, while his accomplice ransacked the

  • Hedden v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman M. Kilgore, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Lara A. Snow District Attorney's Office, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A2170, A09A2171

    The Court rejected defendants' argument that the children in the photograph were not victims within the meaning of Condition F, because the legislature's intent under OCGA § 17-10-6.2 c 1 F, was to

  • Statesboro Blues Dev. LLC v. Farmers and Merchants Bank

    Publication Date: 2010-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William K. McGowan, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Kenny Stone Edenfield, Stone & Cox, Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1956

    The trial court was entitled to accept the testimony of the bank's expert as to the true market value of the certain real property, because both parties stipulated that the witness was an expert in

  • Arnold v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry F. Pittman Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and John B. Cunningham District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1622

    The defendant did not show that the victim's trial testimony was u or that the state knew that it was u

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  • Matiatos v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel F. Little Jr. Little & Crumly LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman S. Gunter, District Attorney, Blairsville, and Jeremy D. Clough, Assistant District Attorney, Hiawassee, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1671

    No evidence showed that four jurors, who expressed discomfort at viewing sexually graphic photographs of children were not impartial or unable to decide the case based on the evidence

  • Valentine v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer E. Hildebrand, LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Jennifer A. Morris District Attorney's Office, LaFayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1985

    The defendant did nothing to protect her son or daughter from her housemate's acts of child molest and aggravated child molest

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Wolinski Public Defender's Office, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Laura A. Wood, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A2364

    The defendant fought and injured two officers during an altercation, which ensued after the defendant took two food trays during the evening meal at the county

  • The State v. Brooks

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. James Jr., Solicitor General, and Sophia E. Haynes, Assistant Solicitor, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank J. Costa and LeeAnne Anthony Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0937

    The trial court abused its discretion to the extent that it was attempting to dismiss the state's accusation against the defendant for disorderly conduct and simple battery without prejudice, since

  • State v. Hogans

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Melissa L. Himes, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles D. Graham, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1455

    The police-citizen encounter, which occurred between the officer and the defendant's companion, involved no coercion or detention and required no articulable suspicion for the officer to request con