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  • Hildreth v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip L. Ruppert, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Kirk M. Thomas and Roberta A. Earnhardt, Assistant District Attorneys, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1270

    Defendant's convictions for felony interference with government property and felony obstruction did not merge as a matter of fact since defendant hit a deputy's patrol car three times and each strik

  • Georgia Dep't of Corrections v. Barkwell

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Senior Assistant Attorney General, John B. Ballard Jr., Assistant Attorney General, K. Prabhaker Reddy and Donahue S. Silvis Reddy & Silvis LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert C. Harrison Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1355

    The Department of Corrections can sue for reimbursement of state funds used to treat inmates injured in an automobile coll

  • 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