• Bodne v. Bodne

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pamela J. Gray, Hope C. Allen and John C. Mayoue Warner, Mayoue & Bates PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James M. Allison Jr., Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1380

    The trial court properly changed primary physical custody of the parties' children from the father to the mother based on the father's decision to move out of state so that he could establish a new

  • Eason v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin W. Drummond and Ruth K. Johnson, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A2206

    The defendant failed to show that his trial counsel was defi

  • West v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald L. Beckstrom, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A0850

    The defendant helped arrange the sale of cocaine to an undercover officer and was in possession of a piece of crack cocaine at the time of his a

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryellen Simmons, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A2066

    Evidence of two prior incidents in which the defendant sexually assaulted unwilling women at night was admissible to rebut his defense of co

  • Feazell v. Gregg

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Altman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Seaborn Jones and Steven Salcedo Owen, Gleaton, Eagan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1446

    The trial court erred as a matter of law in setting aside the default judgment for the plaintiff where the defendant failed to meet any of the statutory grounds under O.C.G.A. § 9-

  • Garmon v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Purvis Tanyard Oaks, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, and Sandra A. Partridge, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1560

    O.C.G.A. § 16-13-31 e 3 mandates a 25-year sentence for trafficking in more than 400 grams of methamphet

  • J & M Aircraft Mobile T Hangers Inc. v. Johnston County Airport Auth.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack F. Witcher and Daniel B. Greenfield, Bremen, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David S. DeLugas, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: J. H. Chattin The Georgia Tribe of E. Cherokee, Dahlonega.

    Case Number: A04A1646

    State courts are divested of jurisdiction by tribal courts as a matter of law only when exercised over Indians or activities on Indian

  • Bryan v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Corbin, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Mark P. Higgins Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1512

    The trial court should have merged the defendant's convictions for methamphe possession and methamphe possession with intent to distribute with his conviction for manufacturing methamph

  • Allen v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2004-10-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald W. Brown, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Hue Henry, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1818

    There was no evidence that the servicing agent knowingly or intentionally participated in the alleged fraud that formed the basis of the plaintiffs' RICO claim involving the sale of viatical settlem

  • Foster v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-09-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1393

    Trial counsel was not ineffective for advising the vehicular homicide defendant not to tell the trial judge that he swerved four feet into the emergency lane during rush hour when he bent down to pi