• Hines v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen T. Maples and Bernard Knight, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Donald P. Geary, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1713

    The prosecutor did not make an improper "Golden Rule" argument in asking the jury not to re-victimize the victim since the prosecutor was appealing to the jury's desire to create a safe community, r

  • In the Interest of C. C. E.

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Wilbanks, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. Jenkins, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1668

    Father who was incarcerated in another state could not complain about his absence at the hearing on the termination of his parental rights since he had notice and was represented by co

  • Dews v. Ratterree

    Publication Date: 2000-12-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julius A. Powell Jr. Mullis, Marshall, Lindley & Powell, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Arthur L. Phillips Phillips & Phillips, Macon, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A2092

    The defendant's affidavit in support of summary judgment was inadmissible to the extent it contained conclusions that he never commingled corporate

  • Upson County Hosp. Inc. v. Head

    Publication Date: 2000-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward L. Long Jr. Willis, McKenzie & Long, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles W. Stephens, Stephens & Shuler, Gainesville, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, for appellee. Other party representation: Paul E. Weathington Allen, Weathington & Reeves, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A00A1601

    P ff's professional malpractice claims in her amended comp were barred by her failure to file an expert affidavit with her original comp

  • Chamberlain v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wallace T. Hatcher The Chestney-Hawkins Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, Alison W. Toller, DeKalb Solicitor, Thomas E. Csider, Assistant Solicitor, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1622

    The defendant was entitled to an independent blood test after she provided a state-administered breath sample that produced a printed alcohol concentration ana

  • Knight v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel N. Shiver, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, and Henry R. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0966

    There was sufficient evidence of defendant's intent to deprive the victims of their property at the time he received it from

  • Object Techs. Inc. v. Marlabs Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-11-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Udai V. Singh, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: James W. McKenzie Jr., Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1456

    The trial court did not have long-arm jurisdiction over the out-of-state defendant because the parties transacted business over the phone or the Internet and defendant did not transact business in Ge

  • Camp v. Eichelkraut

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A00A1746, A00A1747, A00A1748

    Defendant did not breach a confidentiality and non-disparagement agreement with the plaintiff by cooperating with police and fraud investig

  • Hudson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Bradley, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Staci L. Guest, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1371

    The Court of Appeals reiterated that compliance with the appellate rules is not opt

  • Coombs v. Koblasz

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore H. Lackland Lackland & Heyward, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, and Kathryn L. Allen, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1361

    Plaintiff's service of process on the person who collected defendant's mail and watered his plants while he was out of the country was defe