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  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney E. Davis, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Amy E. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2458

    The trial court erred by limiting defendant's cross-examination of his co-defendants regarding the maximum sentence for armed robbery where the co-defendants negotiated reduced sentences in exchange

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

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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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

    Evidence showing condemned property's close proximity to the University of Georgia and the city of Athens as well as the deteriorated nature of the immediately surrounding neighborhood allowed the

  • Joel v. Chastain

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin H. Rubin and David C. Joel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren R. Hinds, Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2501

    Evidence that defendant's inadequately supervised employee falsely represented himself to be an attorney and settled plaintiff's case without her consent supported the jury's award of mental distres

  • Thompson v. Ledbetter

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Salvatore J. Serio Serio & Swilley, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A2494

    The trial court erred by directing a verdict for the defendant in plaintiff's personal injury suit where the evidence showed that defendant's employee had driven defendant's truck on several prior o

  • Warren v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Kam Kam & Ebersbach PC, Newnan, and Valerie C. Cooke, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2210

    The defendants were not unreasonably detained when a drug dog conducted an exterior free air sniff of their vehicle since the driver consented to a plain view search and the dog was already present

  • DeKalb County Sch. Dist. v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John B. Austin Austin & Sparks PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Quinton Seay Thomas, Means, Gillis, Seay and Derek M. Wright The Wright Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: William T. Mitchell Cruser & Mitchell, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A01A2212

    A county school district waived sovereign immunity for a wrongful death suit involving as school bus by purchasing liability insu

  • Bryan County Bd. of Equalization v. Bryan County Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ray C. Smith, Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michele M. Henderson Henderson & Henderson, Richmond Hill, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Kathryn L. Allen, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2286

    The Open Meetings Act applies to all meetings of the Board of Equalization, including deliberations and voting on tax ap

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank C. Winn Winn, Price & Winn, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and William H. McClain, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1923

    The officers had probable cause to suspect that marijuana would be found in defendant's apartment based on the smell of marijuana coming from the apartment, the smell of marijuana on the clothes of

  • Cortez v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Jeanne M. Canavan and Priscilla E. Carroll, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2156

    The trial court's error in charging the jury on inferences regarding a person's intent to kill was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence that defendant intended to kill the v

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2012

    An officer's testimony concerning de t's exercise of his right to remain silent was not prejudicial since it was inadvertent, part of a narrative of events and not an intentional reference to d