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  • Prillaman v. Sark

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey H. Dover, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. Casey Jr. and Lisa K. Whitfield Hicks, Casey & Barber PC, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0527

    A question of fact remained as to whether plaintiff assumed the risk of a cheerleading stunt that her instructor pressured her to execute on an asphalt surface in violation of industry safety stan

  • Blouin v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Zoffman, Atlanta, and Jay L. Palmer, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Irvan A. Pearlberg and Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0600

    The defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to introduce the transcript of his probation revocation hearing at which his co-indictee assumed full responsibility

  • Kelly v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-06-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric R. Gotwalt Zipperer & Lorberbaum PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Michael K. Dennard, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0816

    The victim positively identified the defendant as the man who came to the residence where she was visiting, dragged her into the backyard and slit her t

  • State v. Calhoun

    Publication Date: 2002-06-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor, Jeffrey P. Kwiatkowski and Gary S. Vey, Assistant Solicitors, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glyndon C. Pruitt, Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0823

    The officer's legitimate concern for public safety after he saw the DUI defendant make an erratic left turn justified a limited

  • In the Interest of D. F. and D. F.

    Publication Date: 2002-05-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carol B. Miller, Pembroke, 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 Gary A. Sinrich, Hinesville, appellee. Other party representation: Murl E. Geary, Richmond Hill.
    Case Number: A02A0156

    Parental rights of mother terminated where she failed to remain drug free and did not establish or maintain a stable residence o

  • Ricks v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Lee Sexton & Assocs. PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, and Linda T. Day, Assistant Solicitor, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0068

    DUI conviction reversed since there was no evidence that defendant was a less safe d

  • Creed v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth L. Gordon and Franklin H. Thornton, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Nigel R. Lush, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0287

    The trial judge did not express her opinion of the defendant's guilt when she inquired about the direction defense counsel was going with a particular line of questioning and encouraged counsel to m

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine A. Koehler, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0443

    The defendant sold crack cocaine to an undercover officer in exchange for $50 and a warrant search of the house where he was staying produced cocaine in a bedroom and underneath a cement block behin

  • Vaughn, Coltrane and Assocs. V. Van Horn Constr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Chris Irwin Cobb, Grabbe, Spillers & Irwin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sewell K. Loggins and Jennifer E. Theobold Mozely, Finlayson & Loggins LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Robert M. Beauchamp Beauchamp & Assocs., C. Jason Moore Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers, Albany, Michael J. Goldman, Michelle D. Coburn Hawkins & Parnell LLP, LeRoy P. Spell Jr., Dana M. Mango Welch, Spell, Reemsnyder, Pless & Davis PC, Atlanta, Richard C. Kissiah, Douglas T. Lay Kissiah & Lay, Alpharetta, Victor G. Swift Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, Ft. Pierce, Fla., and Gary D. Fry Pelino & Lentz, Philadelphia, Pa.
    Case Number: A02A0619

    Terms of general contractors written contract with owner of poultry plant explicitly provided that general contractor would indemnify owner's consultants and a

  • In the Interest of J. W. K.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Thompson, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: James F. Ledbetter and Joseph D. Little, Calhoun, for appellee. Other party representation: George P. Govignon, Calhoun.
    Case Number: A01A2290

    The juvenile court erred in awarding temporary legal custody of the child to his paternal aunt and uncle for a period of two years without establishing a reunification plan between the child and his