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  • State v. Dodge

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmen Smith, Solicitor, Jody L. Peskin and Cynthia G. Strong-McCarthy, Assistant Solicitors General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1497

    Defense counsel's notice of a of absence failed to comply with USCR 16 because he did not give the state 10-days notice that he was requesting a 33-day

  • Baker v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Chestney The Chestney Hawkins Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and A. Dionne Allen, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1090

    Given the evidence of defendant's intoxication, he could not show prejudice from the state's failure to lay a proper foundation for admission of his Alcosensor test re

  • Byrd v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teddy L. Henley, Rockmart, and Christopher A. Frazier, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tambra P. Colston, District Attorney, and C. Stephen Cox, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1345

    Defendant failed to show that a juror accessed her employer's records to inquire into defendant's hospital trea

  • Hixon v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. House, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Lafayette, and Leonard C. Gregor Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1267

    Evidence that def ordered her 13-year-old daughter to have sexual intercourse with one man and intentionally encouraged her daughter to continue a sexual relationship with another supported de

  • Stewart v. Bourn

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy D. Chambers Chambers, Chambers & Chambers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John W. Spears Jr., Malane T. Spears Spears & Spears PC, Decatur, and Panos J. Kanes Kanes & Benator, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: John E. Stewart, Smyrna, William O. Johnson Jr., Atlanta, Sarah F. Adams, Jefferson, and Beatrice E. Collier, Chattanooga, Tenn.
    Case Number: A01A0823

    The wrongful death settlement proceeds of a decedent who was survived by siblings and the children of deceased siblings should be distributed according to the laws of descent and distrib

  • Page v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Scott T. Poole, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0735

    Defendant's possession of a device commonly used to avoid theft detection sensors supported his conviction for possession of crime

  • Stewart v. Bourn

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy D. Chambers Chambers, Chambers & Chambers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John W. Spears Jr., Malane T. Spears Spears & Spears PC, Decatur, and Panos J. Kanes Kanes & Benator, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: John E. Stewart, Smyrna, William O. Johnson Jr., Atlanta, Sarah F. Adams, Jefferson, and Beatrice E. Collier, Chattanooga, Tenn.
    Case Number: A01A0823

    The wrongful death settlement proceeds of a decedent who was survived by siblings and the children of deceased siblings should be distributed according to the laws of descent and distrib

  • Patrick v. Macon Hous. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell M. Boston and Neil Halvorson Sell & Melton LLP, Macon, for Patrick. John C. Daniel III and Richard A. Epps Jr. Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, for Macon Hous. Auth. Other party representation:, Luanne Clarke Moore Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers PC, Albany, Heather C. McGrotty and Jason P. King Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0066; A01A0067

    Defendant exercised reasonable care under the circumstances in inspecting the laundry room floor in its apartment building for trash and water every two

  • Satterwhite v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T. Blackmon and Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0536

    The trial court properly admitted defendant's statement about raping a 4-year-old while he was on juvenile probation since the statement was knowing and voluntary under the totality of the circumst

  • Hardwick v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margot S. Roberts, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Erman J. Tanjuatco, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1732

    O.C.G.A. § 15-12-133 provided defendant's exclusive and absolute right to question prospective jurors about their imparti