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  • Glenn v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher G. Paul, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: T. Joseph Campbell, District Attorney, Cartersville, and Donald S. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1046

    Defendant's free access to the apartment where the co was found supported a finding that he had joint constructive possession of the co

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00G1809

    Police report narratives are not admissible under the business re exception to the hearsay rule because they do not have the inherent reliability of other traditional business re

  • Edmond v. Continental Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-05-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry E. Stewart, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David H. Hanks Fulcher, Hagler, Reed, Hanks & Harper, Augusta, for appellees. Other party representation: Michael A. O'Quinn Barnhart, O'Quinn & Williams, McDonough.
    Case Number: A01A0226

    Any duty that defendant may have owed to the underlying plaintiffs fell within his insurance policy's business exclusion because such duty arose out of or in connection with his county emplo

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leo E. Benton Jr., Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, and E. Paul Stanley, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1913

    The trial court erred in refusing to grant defendant credit for time s

  • Crenshaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy A. Moulton Moulton & Massey, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1927

    Under the totality of the evidence, the jury was free to disregard a defense witness's testimony that only he possessed the co

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene Felton Jr. Davis & Felton PC, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelley R. Burke, District Attorney, and Amy E. L. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1964

    The trial court's error in admitting hearsay testimony regarding a prior drug transaction did not contribute to defendant's conviction for selling co

  • Traicoff v. Withers

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Bruce Hedrick Gray, Hedrick and Edenfield LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephen D. Apolinsky and Lori A. Smith Eastman & Apolinsky LLP, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1844

    The owner and manager of an apartment complex were not liable for the death of plaintiff's husband when he was attacked by another tenant because there was no evidence that the attacker had previous

  • In the Interest of D.S.R.

    Publication Date: 2000-12-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony C. Procacci, Morrow, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Gloria D. Reed, Jonesboro, for appellee. Other party representation: Marie Smith-Taylor and William H. Turner Jr., Jonesboro.
    Case Number: A00A1759

    The mother who had severe mental and physical disorders, no permanent living arrangement and no income other than disability was incapable of caring for her special-needs

  • State v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2000-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Shukura L. Ingram, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jackie G. Patterson and Yasma Patterson Patterson & Patterson, La Grange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2556

    Defendant was entitled to a special demurrer on two counts of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer since the counts failed to give defendant sufficient information so he could prepare his

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Friedewald, Public Defender, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, and Jennifer M. Daniels, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0306

    An arresting officer was properly allowed to testify regarding a concerned citizen's tip since the tip explained the officer's co