• Whorton v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Green Moore, Gray, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, Gregory Bushway, Assistant District Attorney, and Keagan Goodrich District Attorney's Office, Gray, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0838

    The trial court did not err in denying the motion for continuance as defense counsel accepted the defendant's representation with knowledge of the trial date, announced to the trial court a week ear

  • Calhoun v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy Floyd, District Attorney, and Thomas Williams, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0987

    The trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for directed verdict as to the alleged aggravated assault on a man who drove up to the store the defendant was robbing—although the man testif

  • Johnson v. Omondi

    Publication Date: 2012-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Sampson Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Patterson, and Keith Lindsay Edmond & Lindsay LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jeffrey Braintwain and Michael Frankson Huff Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Joshua Becker Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Curiae: Simuel Doster and Hunter Allen Allen McCain & O'Mahoney PC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A12A1347

    The evidence indisputably showed that the plaintiffs could not prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant doctor failed to exercise even slight care in treating their son, now decease

  • Ewell v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-12-04
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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 J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Kevin McMurry, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0942

    The trial court erred when it imposed life sentences for two counts of aggravated child molestation because those sentences were applied ex post

  • Reaves v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Taylor, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Samuel Murray Beck Owen & Murray, Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1608

    The trial court erred in finding that OCGA § 33-7-11 b 2 required corroboration of the plaintiff's direct evidence that actual physical contact occurred between his truck and the unidentified driver

  • Berry v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant The Merchant Law Firm PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Ballard, District Attorney, Thomaston, and Robert Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1455

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress in which he argued that the search of his vehicle exceeded the scope of his consent, since a reasonable person in the situat

  • Old Republic Nat'l Title Ins. Co. v. Darryl J. Panella LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Brown and Jacqueline Marcucci Heyman & Sizemore LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emory Palmer and Alexander Weatherby Carr & Palmer LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A1242

    The trial court erred in finding that the 6-year statute of limitation in OCGA § 9-3-24 barred the title insurance company's claims arising from numerous title insurance policies the defendants iss

  • Parrott v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, Public Defender, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Kevin T. McMurry, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1555

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the prosecutor to make oblique references to the fact that the defendant had submitted to and failed a polygraph examin

  • Nash v. United Bank-Thomaston

    Publication Date: 2012-11-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lonzy Edwards Edwards & Youmas LLC, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Matthew Mallory Mallory & Trice LLP, and Derek Nuce, Thomaston, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0375

    The trial court did not err in granting a bank's interpleader petition as the express terms of the deposit agreement and Georgia law authorized the bank to file the petition after a dispute arose be

  • Osborne v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Burdges, Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, District Attorney, and Jennifer Gower District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1154

    The defendant waived any error in the trial court's failure to merge his fornication and statutory rape convictions for the purpose of sentencing when he knowingly and voluntarily pled guilty to eac