• Dickey v. Fulton County Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2015-07-10
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lindsey Hillis The Hillis Firm, and Eric Coffelt Hillis, Robison Coffelt, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalanda Miller, Frank Gaither, and Cheryl Ringer Office of the Fulton County Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A0582

    The superior court lacked jurisdiction to hear the taxpayer's appeal from the Board of Equalization's decision regarding her ad valorem tax appeal, as her failure to file her appeal within the statu

  • Attaway v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A0513

    The evidence did not support the defendant's conviction for armed robbery, since the State failed to show that his use of a knife occurred prior to or contemporaneously with his taking of merchandi

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Goldberg, Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Lenny Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2206

    The trial court erred in permitting the State to impeach the defendant with evidence of his prior convictions under former O.C.G.A. § 24-9-84.1 without conducting the proper balancing

  • State v. Kazmierczak

    Publication Date: 2015-06-02
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, and Daniel Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hylton Dupree and Blake Carl Dupree Kimbrough LLP, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2046

    The presence of an odor of marijuana emanating from a specified location may be the sole basis for the issuance of a search warrant if the affidavit for the warrant contains sufficient information f

  • Bickerstaff v. SunTrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2015-06-02
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Carter, Steven Rosenwasser, Michael Terry Bondurant, Mixson Elmore LLP, James Finley, Mary Rogers, Mary Beth Gibson The Finley Firm PC, and C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, for Bickerstaff. Lindsey Mann, Jaime Theriot, and William Withrow Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for Suntrust Bank.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A14A1780; A14A1781

    The plaintiff effectively exercised his right to opt out of arbitration, pursuant to the opt-out provision in a deposit accounts agreement, when he filed suit against the bank alleging he was charge

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  • Cooley v. Bryant

    Publication Date: 2015-05-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Clark Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker Ford PC, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Casto, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1580

    A question of fact remained as to whether a correctional officer was entitled to official immunity after a prison inmate on a work crew sustained injuries from an allegedly defective lawn

  • State v. West

    Publication Date: 2015-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and James Threlkeld, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Wilkes Gregory Christy Maniklal Dennis LLP, Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1619

    The plain language of O.C.G.A. § 16-13-49 subsection d6 does not require evidence that property found in "close proximity" to marijuana be further connected to the illegal activity in order to be su

  • Chavez-Ortega v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-05-06
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Maddox Kilgore, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, and Michael D. Deariso Solicitor General's Office, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2188

    The defendant was "in custody" when he invoked his right to remain silent, but the police nonetheless continued to question him, which led to the incriminating statements that the trial court improp

  • Fred Jones Enters. LLC v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2015-05-06
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexandra M. Dishun and Elizabeth J. Campbell Locke Lord LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Malcolm F. Bryant Jr, Paul K. Cook Bryant Cook PC, and Wilson R. Smith Smith Jenkins PC, Vidalia, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1877

    Although the trial court properly concluded that it was without jurisdiction to rule upon the appellant's extraordinary for new trial during the pendency of its appeal from the denial of its

  • State v. Reid

    Publication Date: 2015-04-16
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tony Axam AxamLaw, Bernard Taylor, Kacy McCaffrey, Michael Brown Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta, Cinque Axam Axam Roberts Legal Group, John Morgan, John Petrey, and Danielle Roberts, Decatur, for appellees.

    Case Number: A15A0537

    The trial court erred in granting the defendants new trials, since it failed to properly fulfill its affirmative statutory duty to independently weigh the trial evi