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  • Willis v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Bradley, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Bonnie K. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2055

    The trial court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress the crack cocaine and marijuana discovered in his car since facts within the officer's knowledge at the time of defendant's arrest aut

  • Davis v. Crum

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent D. Sowerby, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brenda K. Katz Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1170

    A Landlord was not liable for injuries its tenant's sustained when he was beaten at a neighbor's trailer in the landlord's trailer park, because the tenant was aware of the danger of approaching a g

  • Melson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Brian K. Fortner Douglas County District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1328

    The trial court properly admitted evidence of prior difficulties between the defendant and the victim to show the defendant's motive, intent and bent of

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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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 Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that the doctrine of admissions in judicio does not apply to prove

  • Emilio v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1489

    Trial counsel was ineffective for introducing letters from the defendant's accomplice, which falsely stated that the defendant was wanted in five s

  • In the Interest of S. A.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua J. Smith, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Richard K. Murray, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1044

    Evidence that the father is currently on probation for family violence supported an order discontinuing efforts to reunite him with his chi

  • In the Interest of G. B.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tamara Jacobs, Barnesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Nina J. Edidin, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, for appellee. Other Party Representation: Karen K. Martin Martin & Martin, Barnesville.
    Case Number: A03A1146

    The mother's intent to allow her child to continue visiting the grandmother's violent home supported the termination of the mother's parental r

  • Suntrust Bank v. Peterson

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hubert C. Lovein Jr., Timothy K. Adams Jones, Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, R. Alex Crumbley Crumbley & Crumbley, McDonough, and John P. Harrington Smith & Harrington, Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: . W. McMillan Walker, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0870

    The superior court lacked jurisdiction to hear the probate of decedent's 1997

  • In the Interest of M. M.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Rabb Wilkerson III, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A03A1174. Lisa J. Allen, APO, AE, for appellant in A03A1175. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Walter G. Sammons Jr., Warner Robins, for appellee. Other party representation: Jon A. Nixon, Warner Robins.
    Case Number: A03A1174; A03A1175

    The evidence did not support termination of the mother and father's parental rights where there was no evidence of continuing domestic abuse and both parents cooperated with DFACS, maintained stable

  • Pitts v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vicki E. Carter, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Patricia K. Atwill, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1132

    Defendant failed to show prejudice in the court's denial of his motion for a separate even though he was tried before a jury in conjunction with his co-defendant's nonjury