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  • Mustaqeem-Graydon v. SunTrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2002-11-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roosevelt Carter II, Albany, Larry A. Golston Jr., Montgomery, Ala., and Larry Givens, Dothan, Ala., for appellant.
    for defendant: . William A. Erwin Hodges, Erwin, Hedrick & Coleman, and Donald A. Sweat Gardner, Willis, Sweat & Goldsmith, Albany, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1505

    Plaintiff's breach of contract and fraud claims against a bank for alleged unaut d disbursement of funds on a construction loan failed since the undisputed evidence showed that the plaintiff au

  • Preacher v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald K. Thompson, Rincon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rene J. Martin III, District Attorney, Statesboro, and Tony A. May, Assistant District Attorney, Springfield, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2060

    The officer had probable cause to arrest the defendant based on his combative conduct at an accident

  • In Re: Morris Communications Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Hudson Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Augusta, and Katherine N. Lewis Holland & Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: Ronald E. Harrison II The Harrison Firm, Brunswick.
    Case Number: A02A0928

    The reporter's privilege did not apply to limited published information which the state sought to admit at a criminal defendant's robbery

  • Anderson v. Cobb

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. House, Ringgold, and W. Jack Benson Jr. Crutchfield, Benson, Pope & House, Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellant.
    for defendant: James W. Moffitt, LaFayette, and David W. Noblit Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan PLLC, Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1304

    A detective had official immunity from suit for malicious prosecution where two assistant district attorneys advised her that she had probable cause to arrest the plaintiff for simple battery and th

  • In the Interest of C. B.

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edythe S. Whitaker, McDonough, 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 James T. Chafin III, McDonough, for appellee. Other party representation: Ann K. Miller Harrison & Harrison, McDonough, and James E. Watkins, Stockbridge.
    Case Number: A02A1570

    Evidence that the father pled guilty to sexually molesting his child supported the termination of his parental r

  • In the Interest of K. S.

    Publication Date: 2002-11-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sonya R. Chachere-Compton, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2198

    The evidence supported the juvenile court's findings that the mother lacked the ability to care for her children and that termination of her parental rights was in their best inte

  • Sanders v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton and Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Lalaine A. Briones, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1516

    The trial court did not err in failing to instruct the jury on a lesser included offense where the defendant did not request such a change in wr

  • Cooper v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wystan B. Getz Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Elizabeth L. Jaeger, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2065

    The detective did not taint defendant's confession by allegedly telling him that he would like to tell the judge that defendant was honest and cooper

  • Urrutia v. Jewell

    Publication Date: 2002-11-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. McFarland McFarland & Assocs., Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas R. Daum, Snellville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0856

    The trial court did not err in allowing evidence of defendant's four prior embezzlement convictions for impeachment pur

  • Ball v. Fulton DeKalb Hosp. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2002-11-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacqueline K. Taylor J. Taylor & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randy C. Gepp and Mary J. Huber Arrington & Hollowell, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1438; A02A0890

    Appeal dismissed since plaintiff's delay of more than eight months in filing the trial transcript was inexcu