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  • Lord v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ramon J. Fajardo, Leesburg, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, Marsha D. Cole, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Danielsville, and Richard K. Bridgeman, Assistant District Attorney, Hartwell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2319

    The victim identified the defendant as the intruder who surprised him in his kitchen, attacked him with an iron skillet, robbed him, knocked him out and tied h

  • Slinkard v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Stein Law Offices of George A. Stein, and Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory R. Barton, Solicitor, and Melisa A. Mason Douglas County Solicitor General's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2465

    A single uniform traffic citation may properly charge a defendant with alternative methods of violating O.C.G.A. § 40-

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Drew W. Fowler, Public Defender, Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, and William C. Atkins, Assistant District Attorney, Toccoa, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0358

    The trial court had discretion to impose consecutive sentences for separate off

  • Phyfer v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Mary E. Leonard, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0338

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in prohibiting defense counsel from conducting a "rapid-fire" cross-examination of a 16-year-old wi

  • Spencer v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0702

    Defense counsel waived defendant's right to automatic discharge and dismissal by consenting to extend discovery for an additional 60 days and have defendant's trial date reset outside of the allowab

  • LaSonde v. Chase Mortgage Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack LaSonde, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. John C. Porter Jr. Sites & Harbison PLLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
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    Case Number: A02A2135

    Plaintiff could not maintain a claim against defendants for tortiously interfering with his right to execute a purchase option on a residential lease-sale agreement since the defendants held the not

  • Stogisavlijevic v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank K. Martin and John T. Martin The Martin Firm, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Mark C. Post, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2027

    The defendant was not entitled to a mistrial after the victim alluded to the fact that defendant had previously sold drugs since the victim's testimony was not responsive to the state's question and

  • Benton v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Land Newton County Public Defender's Office, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Layla V. Hinton, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1883

    Since there was no evidence that the defendant and the victim struggled or that defendant shot the victim in self-defense, evidence of the victim's prior violent acts was inadmi

  • Worley v. Cowper Constr. Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence A. Stockton Jr. Stockton & Stockton, Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth B. Hodges and Gregory K. Morgan Phillips & Morgan LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0532

    A landlord was not responsible for paying a subcontractor who provided labor and materials in connection with improvements made by a commercial tenant for the tenant's own be

  • Gibbs v. Loomis, Fargo & Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert N. Katz Hewitt, Katz, Stepp & Wright, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lynn M. Roberson Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1755

    Defendants had probable cause to believe that the plaintiff was guilty of