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  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Elizabeth Lane, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, Katherine K. Lumsden and Amy E. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1456

    The evidence, including defendant's own admissions that his house and shop where the crimes occurred are located in Houston County, established venue beyond a reasonable

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Boston and Marny J. Heit The Chestney-Hawkins Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General,, Solicitor General, and Felicia N. McKibben, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0857

    The trial court abused its discretion in granting a mistrial on three traffic offenses after the jury reached a unanimous verdict on those c , but deadlocked on a DUI c

  • Unified Gov't of Athens-Clarke County, Ga. v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Berryman Jr. McLeod, Benton, Lowery & Meeks, Athens, and Charles N. Pursley Jr. Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Edward Allen Jr. and Richard L. Ford Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2441

    The condemned property's close proximity to a university and city, as well as the deteriorated nature of the immediately surrounding neighborhood, allowed the jury, in valuing the property, to consi

  • State v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, and Joseph E. Griffin, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald D. Rentz, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1316

    O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391 a 5 does not require that an blood alcohol test be administered within three hours of a DUI acc

  • Hunter v. Hunter

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Newton and Leo W. Clifton Sr. Richard A. Newton PC, Dunwoody, for appellant.
    for defendant: . W. Allen Separk and R. Stacy Hylton, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0923

    The probate court's award of a year's support to the surv spouse clearly exceeded the amount necessary to support and maintain her for 12 months at her prior standard of l

  • Tinger v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle L. Gopman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1347

    The trial court did not reversibly err in giving a reasonable doubt charge that the Supreme Court disapproved of in Coleman v. State, 271 Ga. 800 1999, since the trial court gave the charge before r

  • Ellerbee v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brace W. Luquire and William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Melvin E. Hyde Jr., Assistant District Attorney, and Robert B. Bickerstaff II District Attorney's Office, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0355

    Defendant's conviction for theft by deception could not stand because there was no evidence to show that he used deceitful means or artful practice to intentionally defraud a vehicle supplier of its

  • Milby v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Tara M. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0431

    An officer's general practice of patting down anyone who exits a car does not provide a reasonable basis for concluding that the subject is a threat to the officer's s

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin W. Drummond and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorneys, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1103

    Application of Georgia's rape-shield statute to irrelevant evidence about the victim's relationship with her ex-boyfriend did not violate the defendant's confrontation

  • Blaney v. Heron

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert M. Pearson III and Nicholas C. Moraitakis Mills, Moraitakis & Kushel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Kara A. Hicks Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0698

    A doctor's actions raised factual issues as to whether she was entitled to the good faith immunity under O.C.G.A. § 19-7-5 f for reporting suspected child