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  • Jenkins v. Georgia Dep't of Corrections

    Publication Date: 2006-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: August F. Siemon III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Bryan K. Webb, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Steffanie W. Morrison, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0863

    A settlement agreement, in which the defendant agreed to employ the plaintiff temporarily, created an at-will employment relationship, since the language in the agreement did not specify a time fram

  • Bowden v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Purvis Tanyard Oaks, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, and James A. Dunn, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1077

    The trial court d abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion for a mistrial after the informant testified that he knew the defendant from prior deals with him, since the statement

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0706

    The defendant did not clearly and unambiguously request counsel when he asked the investigator "If I ask for an attorney will I be arr

  • Taylor v. Calvary Baptist Temple

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Don Smart Smart & Harris, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard C. Metz and Charles D. Gatch, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0446

    A former teacher's claims that the defendants 1 told a student to be safe 2 told students that the former teacher was terminated for a reason and 3 advised students not to attend the former teacher'

  • In the Interest of G. S.

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meron Dagnew and Bentley C. Adams III Public Defender's Office, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce A. Kling, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0283

    Evidence that a parent is having financial difficulties does not support a finding that the parent is

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0060

    The record did not support the defendant's allegation that the trial court erroneously charged on justification by tailoring it as a defense to hom

  • Branton v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Andrew C. Hall, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0648

    The defendant's speedy trial demand, which he filed three court terms after the term in which he was indicted, was unt

  • Kelley v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald B. Kleinrock, Decatur, and Leigh S. Schrope Georgia Pub. Defenders Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0065

    In light of the jury charge taken as a whole, the trial court did not reversibly err by failing to specifically charge on the defendant's mere presence at the scene of an aggravated assault with a d

  • Glidewell v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederic D. Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, and Gregory L. Bushway, Assistant District Attorney, Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0227

    Some slight evidence authorized the jury to conclude that the defendant acted from a sudden, violent and irresistible passion resulting from serious provocation when he killed his estranged wife aft

  • In the Interest of L. S.

    Publication Date: 2006-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: s Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Kathleen A. Giroux, Assistant Solicitor, Lyn K. Armstrong and Ayana C. Curry, Assistant District Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0424

    The juvenile court erred in finding that it lacked jurisdiction to re-open the juvenile's case after another court determined that the juvenile was not competent to stand