• Southcom Group Inc. v. Plath

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark D. Oldenburg and Jeffrey D. Moulds, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert K. Prater, Newnan, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A1320

    Plaintiff's amended application for confirmation of an arbitration award against a par ip sufficiently stated a cause of action against the individual par

  • Smith v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jane N. Wilkes Sharon W. Ware & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles M. Morris, Powder Springs, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0874

    The trial court erred in conducting a bench trial in defendant's absence more than two weeks before the specially set trial

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0095

    The trial court's error in admitting the defendant's comment to the arresting officer about a knife and in admitting the knife itself into evidence, given the overwhelming evidence of defendant's

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Gough, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Woodbine, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0525

    The trial court properly considered defendant's three prior habitual violator convictions for enhancement of sente

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin W. Drummond and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorneys, Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1103

    Application of Georgia's rape-shield statute to irrelevant evidence about the victim's relationship with her ex-boyfriend did not violate the defendant's confrontation

  • Bridges v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario S. Ninfo Ninfo & Ledbetter, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Alan A. Cook, Special Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0575

    Defendant's intent to escape could be inferred from his actions in posting bond on an unrelated charge following his conviction and 20-year sentence for bur

  • Hughes v. Putt Putt Golf and Games Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula K. Hanington, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: William H. Hedrick Hodges, Erwin, Hedrick & Coleman, Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0799

    The trial court did not err in stating the parties' contentions in its jury charge, even though some of those contentions were not supported by evi

  • Brock v. Allen d/b/a Complete Pest Control

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna S. Golden, Jefferson, and Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles E. Rogers Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Joseph R. Cruser, Jennifer M. McBath Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Philip W. Savrin and Brian K. Schumacher Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A0114

    A plaintiff can maintain a professional negligence claim against an extermi

  • Myers v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Page A. Pate, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0435

    The trial court erred in admitting hearsay testimony regarding a non-testifying co-defendant's custodial confe

  • Woodard v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah F. Weiss Chandler & Britt LLC, Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0420

    The trial court erred in admitting the custodial statement made by the defendant without consulting his appointed counsel because he was assumed to have invoked his right to counsel and did not init