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  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael M. Sheffield, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Niria D. Baggett, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1107

    The arresting officer had probable cause to detain defendant and his co-defendant based on a BOLO issued after an armed robbery at the co-defendant's former place of emplo

  • Hortman v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Althea L. Buafo Buafo & Assocs., Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Myra H. Kline, Assistant District Attorney, and Kimberly S. Schwartz, District Attorney's Office, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1746

    Despite defendant's intent to exercise domain and control over more than 50 pounds of marijuana addressed for delivery in Georgia, he no longer had the power to do so after Texas law enforcement off

  • In the Interest of V.I.D. and S.K.D.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark J. Nathan, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Leo G. Beckmann Jr. Beckmann & Lewis LLP, Savannah, for appellee. Other party representation: Linda J. Carter, Savannah.
    Case Number: A03A0349

    Evidence that the psychologically unstable mother violated a court order by allowing unsupervised contact with the children's father who had a history child molestation supported the termination of

  • Parks v. Hyundai Motor Am. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rita T. Williams Williams & Assocs., Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank F. Middleton IV, Charles K. Reed, Jill C. Kuhn McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, and Stephen P. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, McDonough, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1138; A02A1139

    The trial court prematurely granted summary judgment to an automobile distributor in the plaintiffs' injury and wrongful death suits where evidence showed that the distributor was less than forthrig

  • Beauchamp v. State of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott R. Tolbert and Christopher D. Elrod Tolbert & Elrod, Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0365

    Defendant used his forfeited Isuzu Trooper to transport bottles of meth

  • In re Estate of Dasher

    Publication Date: 2003-01-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles C. Clay, John D. Findlay Jr. Brock, Clay, Calhoun, Wilson & Rogers, and Douglas R. Haynie Haynie & Litchfield, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David P. Darden Talley & Darden PC, and Barbara H. Martin Awtrey & Parker, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1845

    An estate executor failed to show that he timely filed his appeal from a probate court order since he did not show that he attempted to file the appeal on Good Friday—the 30th day—or that there were

  • Olson v. Ford Motor Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Edward Furr Jr., Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: John K. Franks, Thomas G. Sampson and Jeffrey E. Tompkins Thomas Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A2096

    Plaintiff did not revoke acceptance of a nonconforming pickup truck where he continued to pay the note, ad valorem taxes and insurance for that ve

  • Turner v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Slemons, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Alicia C. Gant, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0250

    Even if the pretrial photographic line-up was impermissibly suggestive, the victim's in-court identification of defendant based on the victim's personal observation of defendant during the robbery w

  • Usher v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Martin Jr. Martin & Maguire, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Reed, District Attorney, Robert W. Houman and Roberta A. Earnhardt, Assistant District Attorneys, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1332

    The county jury commission was authorized to use the 1990 Census numbers to compile the 2000 grand jury list since it was the most recent decennial census available when the list was com

  • Pearson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Strauss, Walton County Public Defender, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Jeffrey L. Foster, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0090

    The armed defendant bound the victim with duct tape and forced him into the back of his ve