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  • Harvey v. Nichols

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Lander McNally, Edwards, Bailey & Lander, and Donald W. Osborne, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward D. Tolley, Robert C. Irwin III Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael LLP, Athens, and William T. Craig, Covington, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0568

    The jail detention officers' failure to regularly monitor a teenager in a holding cell was not the proximate cause of the teenager's su

  • Lopez v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. David Wolfe and Mark A. Yurachek L. David Wolf PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, C. Lance Cross and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2087

    Discovery of a weapon labeled for law enforcement use only and loaded with police-issue ammunition did not exclude the possibility that the weapon was given away or sold on the black market in viola

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy T. Herring, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Chad M. Doleac, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2334

    The arresting officer had authority to detain the defendant for a reasonable amount of time following a valid traffic stop to determine the status of the defendant's li

  • Head v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2003-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles W. Stephens Stephens & Shuler, Gainesville, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward L. Long Jr., Mark L. Degennaro Willis, McKenzie & Long, LaGrange, Paul E. Weathington and Dena K. Stoddard Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A2366

    The original trial court retained jurisdi to revoke its transfer of venue in the underlying medical malpractice case because the trial court did not transfer jurisdi

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Bennett Jr. Bennett Law Firm, Valdosta, for Roddrick Jackson. Terry L. Schwock, Valdosta, for Brian Jackson. J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Bradfield M. Shealy, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A02A2238, A02A2239

    Defendants' accomplice identified them as the masked men who robbed a convenience a store and identified the first defendant as the g

  • Flynn v. Mack

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenda K. Katz-Flexer Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scot V. Pool, Morton G. Forbes Forbes & Bowman, Savannah, Jack Hutto, and Karen M. Krider, Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: Willis H. Blacknall III, Waycross.
    Case Number: A03A0503

    The trial court erred in permitting the jury to decide the question of property damage to plaintiff's vehicle where the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to establish the fair market valu

  • Cain v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam Axam, Axam & Secret PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Eric K. Dunaway, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2426

    The defendant falsely represented to an investigating officer that he was a county officer and displayed a

  • Petty v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna A. Seagraves, Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Winder, and Mary L. Skene, Assistant District Attorney, Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2452

    Given the evidence linking the defendant to the charged crimes, the admission of improper opinion testimony from a doctor did not justify reversal under the plain error

  • In the Interest of B. L. H.

    Publication Date: 2003-02-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Rivers, Brunswick, 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, Atlanta, and James A. Chamberlin Jr., Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2310

    An incarcerated biological father had no constitutional right to personally appear at the hearing on the petition to terminate his parental r

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Julie A. Kert, Assistant City Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0425

    Defendant's violation of O.C.G.A. § 40-6-240, by backing up 10-15 yards, justified the traffic stop, which led to his DUI a