• In the Interest of M. D. H.

    Publication Date: 2015-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cory DeBord Carver DeBord PC, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shannon Wallace, District Attorney, and Cliff Head, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1289; A15A1908

    The Court rejected the juvenile's contention that, under O.C.G.A. § 15-11-521 s ion b, the Legislature intended for an untimely delinquency petition to be dismissed with prejudice because that

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon Hicks, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A0903

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for aggravated stalking, family violence battery, kidnapping and two counts of influencing a witness for acts he committed against his girlfriend

  • State v. Lampl

    Publication Date: 2015-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kathryn Powers, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, and Frances Kuo, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1071

    The superior court erred in dismissing a perjury charge against the defendant and in suppressing his testimony before a specia ose grand jury as sanctions to remedy the overbreadth of the speci

  • Salas v. JP Morgan Chase Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2015-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Smith Smith Law LLC, Dacula, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David M. Pernini, Dustin S. Sharpes Wargo French LLP, Atlanta, Monica K. Gilroy, and Tania T. Trumble Gilroy Bailey Trumble LLC, Alpharetta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A15A0968

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant bank on its counterclaim for declaratory judgment in the plaintiffs' suit seeking to stop foreclosure proceedings, because the fai

  • Agyemang v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Stidham Law Office of Epps Pilgrim, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Finch, Solicitor General, and Jenna Thomas Solicitor General's Office, Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1364

    The trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to introduce evidence of prior difficulties between himself and his wife in his trial for simple battery against his wife arising after she al

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  • State v. Hasson

    Publication Date: 2015-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Boston, Solicitor General, and Wystan Getz Solicitor General's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Raymond Giudice and Elizabeth Geoffroy Raymond V. Giudice PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1368

    The trial court erred in granting the defendant's motion to challenge venue as improper, because whether the State sufficiently proved venue was an issue for the jury to dete

  • Barney v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine Mason, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman, District Attorney, Tony May, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, and Mary McKinnon, Sandersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1528

    Upon resentencing, the trial court was required to acknowledge on the record that it was aware of its discretion to suspend or probate a portion of the defendant's 20-year required sentences on his

  • Gillespie v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-09-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donnelly Public Defender's Office, and Jessica Benjamin, Athens, for Gillespie. Michael Brooks Conflict Defenders Office, Athens, for Collins. Kenneth Mauldin, District Attorney, and Jon Forwood, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for State.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A15A0146; A15A0149

    The defendants had a constitutional right to be present at bench conferences during jury selection at which several potential jurors were discussed and excused and one potential juror was questioned

  • Jewell v. McGinnis

    Publication Date: 2015-08-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Lawrence Turner Lawrence PC, Jackson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen McGinnis and Diane McGinnis, Mansfield, proceeded pro se. Other party representation: Daniel McGinnis, Covington.

    Case Number: A15A0534

    Lindsey Jewell appeals from a final order entered by the superior court awarding joint legal custody of her daughter, C. M., to Jewell and to the child's paternal grandparents, Stephen and

  • Tigner v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Phillips, Public Defender, and John Mayer Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A0618

    A Fulton County jury found Demarius Tigner guilty on four counts of aggravated assault; two counts each of armed robbery, criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, and theft by receiving