• Double Branches Ass'n Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2015-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Joseph Reitman Jr. Lambert Reitman, Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David Kopp, Greensboro, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A2069

    The trial court properly found that the defendants did not breach a water services agreement since the agreement constituted a restrictive covenant and was no longer enforceable pursuant to O.C.G.A.

  • State v. New

    Publication Date: 2015-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, and Zachary Smith District Attorney's Office, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Summer Summer Summer, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1876

    The searches conducted pursuant to misinformation that the defendant was still on probation and had waived his Fourth Amendment rights were invalid and the trial court properly suppressed the eviden

  • Nguyen v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Troy Millikan, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephanie Woodard, Solicitor General, and Amber Sowers, Chief Assistant Solicitor, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1806

    The pro se DUI defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to counsel after the trial court ascertained that he was aware of the dangers of self-represent

  • Sherman v. Thomas-Lane Am. Legion Post 597

    Publication Date: 2015-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Long, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Dunsmore, Lincolnton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0431

    The plaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment in its declaratory judgment action seeking a ruling that it had acquired a prescriptive right of title to certain land, as a genuine issue of fact

  • Ranger v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Gina Bernard Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Gerald Mason District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1835

    The trial court erred in sentencing the defendant to 20 to serve on a criminal attempt to commit robbery conviction, as the maximum sentence he could have received was 10

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  • Agnes Scott College Inc. v. Hartley

    Publication Date: 2015-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian D. Trulock Bendin Sumrall Ladner LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lloyd N. Bell Bell Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1989

    The defendant-college failed to establish that the plaintiff could not possibly present evidence that the campus policemen were acting under the college's direction at the time of their allegedly t

  • Georgia Dep't of Human Servs. v. Dougherty County

    Publication Date: 2015-02-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, William W. Banks Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, and Julie A. Jacobs Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank E. Jenkins III Jenkins Bowen PC, Cartersville, and William S. Lee IV, Albany, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A2266

    The proposition that a tort claim against a division of state government that is present throughout the state can be brought in any county was improperly applied in the county plaintiffs' suit seeki

  • Goggins v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hudson and Neal Dickert Hull Barrett PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, and Joshua Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0905

    The child molestation defendant failed to adequately demonstrate that the trial court's alleged error in allowing a page of the victim's diary to go out with the jury likely affected the outcome of

  • Rollins v. Rollins

    Publication Date: 2015-01-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Lamar Mixson, Timothy Rigsbee, and Lisa Strauss Bondurant, Mixson Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John Dalton, Alan Bakowski, James Lamberth, Katie Balthrop Troutman Sanders, Sidney Moore Summerville Moore PC, and Lynette Smith Chick-fil-A Inc., Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus: John Larkins Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins Bever LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A12A2516

    Questions of fact remained in an action for breach of and breach of fiduciary duty regarding the management of a family

  • Shirley v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-08
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford Crawford Boyle LLC, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Richard Armond District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0979

    The police officer's affidavit and application for a search warrant were sufficient to establish probable cause in a child pornography case, as the magistrate was authorized to rely on the officer's