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  • Miller v. Vitner

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald W. Johnson The Johnson Law Firm, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rush S. Smith Jr. and James E. Looper Jr. Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0663

    Expiration of the 5-year medical malpractice statute of repose barred plaintiff from renewing her malpractice suit following her voluntary dismissal, even though she filed her original action within

  • Wentworth v. Eckerd Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford E. Alexander and Robert J. Hulsey, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: John W. Campbell and Kristine J. Moschella Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1825

    The plaintiff failed to show that the defendant had constructive knowledge of the substance she slipp

  • Butler v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linnie L. Darden III Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and James S. Archer, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1425

    Any inconsistencies in the jailhouse informant's testimony were matters for the jury to re

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick G. Longhi, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1785

    The evidence showed that the defendant committed the felonies underlying his murder conviction while acting in concert with the actual sh

  • Morgan v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, and Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2276

    Defendant failed to show that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call several unnamed witnesses who allegedly would have testified in his

  • Prins v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Kraus, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1511

    Bank teller reasonably believed defendant had a gun, given evidence that defendant handed her a note saying he had a gun and that she could not see his

  • State v. Goodwin

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Melvin E. Hyde Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank K. Martin and John T. Martin The Martin Firm, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1271

    The state failed to show that defendant left Georgia or concealed herself so that she could not be arrested on arson charges before the statute of limitation ex

  • Grimes v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cindi L.T. Yeager, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Andrew J. Saliba and Maria B. Golick, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1247

    Defendant's use of counterfeit bills to purchase merchandise which he later returned for a cash refund supported his forgery convic

  • Sheets v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meng H. Lim Murphy, Murphy & Garner, Bremen, for appellant.
    for defendant: James R. Osborne, District Attorney, and Elizabeth L. Larson, Assistant District Attorney, Buchanan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1313

    Because the defendant used eight of 10 strikes against female prospective jurors without striking similarly-situated male prospective jurors, the trial court properly concluded that defendant's reas

  • Pickering Corp. v. Goodwin

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryant H. Bower Jr. and Rebecca R. Crowley Dillard & Bower, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth E. Futch Jr. and Teresa G. Bowen, Blackshear, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0100

    Plaintiff failed to show that the store, which had less than 90 seconds to clean up the water spill before plaintiff slipped, was negl