• Powers v. Southern Family Mkts. of Eastman LLC d/b/a Piggly Wiggly

    Publication Date: 2013-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Mondy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Maholick, Paul Ivey Hall Booth Smith PC, Columbus, Daniel Bullard, and Erin Corbett Bullard & Wangerin LLP, Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2382

    The defendant had no notice that the plaintiff was contemplating litigation, when it recorded over video evidence from the day that the plaintiff slipped and fell while exiting the defendant's groce

  • Calhoun, Ga. NG LLC v. Century Bank of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Struletz Spielman & Hicks LLC, Atlanta, and William Thompson, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Ledbetter, Calhoun, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2231

    An agreement executed and recorded by the predecessors-in-title to the parties' adjoining rties did not prevent the appellee from constructing a convenience store and gas fueling facility on it

  • Jordan v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Lewis The Tim Lewis Firm, Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, and Brian McDaniel, Assistant District Attorney, Moultrie, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2286

    Any deficiency in defense counsel's failure to object to the arrest warrants was harmless, since no physical evidence was admitted as the result of the arrest, nor did the defendant confess to his i

  • Hutto v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Mobley, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford Bowden, District Attorney, and Kevin Hutto, Assistant District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1995

    The jury charge on mutual combat was authorized, even though only the defendant was armed, there was sufficient evidence that both the defendant and the victim intended to engage in a fight an

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Bennett Bennett & Connell LLC, Adel, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford Bowden, District Attorney, and Erika Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2160

    The sentences stemming from offenses related to the controlled substances Lortab and Lorcet were vacated and the case was remanded for determination which schedule the substances belong on an

  • Howell v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clark Adams, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia Slater, District Attorney, and David Helmick Waldrep, Mullin & Callahan, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2406

    The victim's testimony and the corroborating testimony of other witnesses supported the defendant's convic

  • River Forest Inc. v. United Bank

    Publication Date: 2013-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kyler Wise Wilson Brock & Irby LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James Gober Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2163; A12A2164

    The trial court properly confirmed the non-judicial foreclosure sales of several properties as evidence supported the finding that the properties sold for at least their true market

  • Tew v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Coggins Public Defender's Office, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Hartwig, District Attorney, and Marie Banks District Attorney's Office, Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2038

    The defendant was not legally eligible for first offender treatment in his statutory rape case, since such treatment is not available to persons convicted of a sexual of

  • Banks v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Philip Henderson District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1688

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's double jeopardy plea in bar since he failed to prove that the prosecutor had actual knowledge of the other crimes when he prosecuted the first of

  • Hamlin v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Lewis The Tim Lewis Firm, Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Winters, District Attorney, and Brian Granger District Attorney's Office, Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2209

    Any error in admitting a photograph of the defendant next to a police car after his arrest was harmless since, at the time the photograph was admitted, the jury already knew that the defendant had b