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  • Crossley v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larkin M. Lee Virgil Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles A. Spahos, Solicitor General, and Lydia M. Ferguson, Assistant Solicitor General, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1210

    A defendant who claimed that he blacked out before he became intoxicated was not entitled to present a involuntary intoxication de

  • Ligon v. Lumpkin County

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melvin K. Ligon, Dahlonega, proceeded pro se. Terry E. Williams, Gary K. Morris and Jason C. Waymire Terry E. Williams & Assocs. PC, Lawrenceville, for appellees.
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    Case Number: A03A1117

    Competent evidence presumably supported the trial court's findings in defendant's pro se suit for false arrest, malicious prosecution, dereliction of duty and malfea

  • In the Interest of D. F.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin W. Drummond Hamrick, Drummond & Miller LLP, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stephanie B. Hope, Special Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, P. Brian Campbell, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Doris C. Orleck, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0009

    Termination of the mother's parental rights was warranted where she failed to comply with her case plan and both a clinical psychologist and foster care case manager opined that removing her childr

  • In the Interest of J. P. V.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheryl D. Fambrough, Monroe, 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 John R. Laseter, Special Assistant Attorney General, Monroe, for appellee. Other party representation: David F. Dickinson Dickinson, Mixson & Willis, G. Randolph Jeffery John W. Spence PC and Renee Skipper, Social Worker, Monroe.
    Case Number: A03A0232

    The mother's history of mental health problems and inability to refrain from drug and alcohol abuse supported the termination of her parental r

  • Gardner v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shandor S. Badaruddin, Missoula, Mont., for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0370

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's untimely motion to pursue a mental illness de

  • State v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Paul A. Shorstein, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Xavier C. Dicks, Stone Mountain, and David R. Trainor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0183

    The officer lacked probable cause to detain the defendant based solely on defendant's nervousness when the officer approached him in a motel bree

  • Dix v. Shadeed

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. Bleiberg Hill & Bleiberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas S. Carlock and Ashley E. Taylor Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1333

    Since a DeKalb Count professional corporation was not operating as a medical practice during the plaintiff's treatment, the defending doctor did not provide medical services to the plaintiff as an a

  • Bailey v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank K. Martin The Martin Firm, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Jarrell H. Palmer, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0613

    The trial court properly declared a mistrial after the jury in defendant's first trial deadlocked 10-2 since the state did not consent to defendant's proposed waiver of her right to a unanimous ve

  • Harbin v. Harbin

    Publication Date: 2003-05-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Waymon S. Harrell, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Turner, Warner Robins, for appellee. Other Party Representation: Michael J. Moore, Warner Robins.
    Case Number: A03A0694

    There was no evidence that the decedent severed a joint tenancy estate during his lifetime in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 44-6-190 a, so the plaintiff was not entitled to reformation of the deeds cre

  • Benson v. McMillan

    Publication Date: 2003-05-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Roger Land, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glynn R. Stepp, Lawrenceville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0241

    Evidence supported the trial court's finding that an employee negligently caused her former employer $10,995 in damages when she failed to prepare her employer's tax information for 3-4