• Crippen v. Outback Steakhouse Int'l LP

    Publication Date: 2013-04-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. D. Humphries III, Catherine Banich, and Robert Douglass Stites & Harbison PLLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Marbury Rainer and Megan Hinkle Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A2550

    The evidence did not support the grant of summary judgment to the restaurant chain in its action for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud and other claims when a high-ranking

  • Montgomery v. Bank of Am.

    Publication Date: 2013-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Daum, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brooke Voelzke Hunton & Williams, Jimmy Howell, and Steven Flynn McCalla Raymer LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A0514

    The security deed in this case expressly conveyed title to the interests in the security deed to the nominee of the original mortgagee, gave the nominee the right to invoke the power of sale, and au

  • Central Ga. Dev. Group Inc. v. Synovus Bank

    Publication Date: 2013-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Troy Covington Bloom Sugarman Everett LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . E. Davison Burch and Thomas Hollingsworth Blasingame Burch Garrard & Ashley, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1920

    A 37-day delay in paying the bill of costs for an appeal was prima facie unreasonable and inexcu

  • Brabant v. Patton

    Publication Date: 2013-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McIlvaine and Molly McIlvaine McIlvaine Law Group LLC, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Nelson, Townsend, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2467

    The trial court erred in failing to dismiss the father's petition for declaratory judgment and citation of contempt involving issues of custody and visitation, since the child had already reached th

  • Haithcock v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert Palmour, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, District Attorney, and Emily Johnson District Attorney's Office, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1905

    The child molestation victim's testimony sufficiently supported the defendant's convi

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  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine Mason, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Mauldin, District Attorney, and Kristopher Bolden District Attorney's Office, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2071

    Evidence that a witness identified the defendant as the person standing on an air conditioner unit beating on the kitchen window, he point of entry for the burglary was the kitchen window, and

  • Irving v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Alexander, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Head, D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorneys, and Amelia Pray District Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2327

    The defendant's 40-year sentence on her convictions arising from the beating of her 3-year-old daughter fell within the statutory range for each offense and was not disproporti

  • Hinton v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, and Adeline Alexander, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2216

    The officers had probable cause resting on their collective knowledge to stop the defendant's car, given the information they received in radio dispatches about the make, model and color of the vehi

  • Deal v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2013-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jason Naunas, and Mark Cicero, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sarah Geraghty, Gerald Weber, and Atteeyah Hollie Southern Center For Human Rights, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Curiae: Curtis Garrett Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A12A2571

    The trial court erred in ruling that the named plaintiffs met the commonality and typicality requirements for class certification in a suit alleging that they were denied government-funded counsel w

  • Granger v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Goldberg, Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy Lawson, District Attorney, and Elizabeth Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2466

    Video of the defendant's telephone conversation while in the police interview room was properly admitted into evidence, as it was highly relevant and probative, and did not cause him to suffer preju