• State v. Stafford

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Nancy G. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael L. Edwards Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1849

    In the absence of prejudice, the state's failure to sign or date the copy of the search warrant it left with the defendant was a "technical" violation of O.C.G.A. § 17-5-25, which did not constitute

  • Hall v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A2309

    The defendant had possession of the stolen vehicle mere hours after the crime and he matched the victim's description of the man, who stole her vehicle at gun

  • Warner v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: August F. Siemon III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, and Andrea A. Newton District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1816

    The state failed to lay a proper chain of custody foundation for a blood test, which allegedly showed that the defendant had herpes and might have infected the rape v

  • Suggs v. Hale

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Pope Langdale III and Christopher D. Hall Langdale & Vallotton LLP, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Hugh Gordon, Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1662

    Where there is a settlement containing no admission of liability, a party seeking contribution from the other party to the settlement must prove joint negli

  • In the Interest of J. D. G.

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer M. Nelson, David J. Dunn Jr. Public Defender's Office, LaFayette, and Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Aleksandra I. Jagiella, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1926

    The officer had probable cause to arrest the juvenile based on a cellophane bag containing marijuana, which the officer found near a cinder block wall that the juvenile had just climbed

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  • Moye v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Stacey S. Jackson, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1742

    The trial court did not err in overruling the defendant's objection to the 's mention of his two prior arrests in closing, since the jury already heard evidence relating to the arrests when th

  • State v. Swartz

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman and Jesse D. Evans, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas C. Sinowski, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A2081

    The Sentence Review Panel had authority to review the defendant's sentence of 15 years with 10 years to serve, following the revoc of his first offender prob

  • Young v. Oak Leaf Builders Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon A. Van Gelderen and Stephen M. Levinson Leon Van Gelderen PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Larry E. Stewart, Lawrenceville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A05A1920

    A factual question remained as to whether the plaintiffs intended to waive their right to demand workmanlike performance on the construction of their new home when they proceeding with the closing,

  • Lampkin v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara B. Claridge, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard and Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorneys, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1877

    The trial court properly admitted evidence that the defendant committed a rape less than an hour before he robbed the victim at an ATM to show the defendant's identity as the perpet

  • Greene v. Bryant

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore H. Lackland, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephen M. Schatz, Melissa K. Kahren Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, Brian S. Bischoff, James E. Bischoff Bischoff & White PC, and Paul S. Liston, Fayetteville, for appellees. Other party representation: Howard G. Slade, Fayetteville.

    Case Number: A05A1646

    It did not appear that the jury was inflamed by the trial court's error in admitting evidence that the first appellant was incarcerated for a bribery conviction at the time of the trial, since the j