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  • East Beach Properties Ltd. v. Taylor

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony H. Abbott and Laurie K. Abbott Abbott & Abbott, Savannah, for East Beach Properties Ltd. George M. Rountree George M. Rountree & Assocs. PC, for Taylor. Christopher J. O'Donnell, Brunswick, for Ryals. Other party representation: W. Gary Moore, Glynn County Attorney, and Desiree E. Watson, Assistant County Attorney, Brunswick.
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    Case Number: A01A0028; A01A0029; A01A0030

    In consolidated cases involving a dispute over the permissible use of beach easements, the trial court properly found that the burdened land could only be developed subject to the rights of the ease

  • Shelton v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1447

    Any error in the state's failure to redact defen videotaped statement to exclude the officer's reference to the victim's truthfulness was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of defe

  • Carson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia F. Angeli, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Bonnie K. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1032

    The court properly excluded irrelevant evidence that the arresting officer made an improper statement to potential jurors during defendant's first

  • Coleman v. Grimes

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josie L. Redwine, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald W. Huskins, Solicitor General, Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1470

    Collateral estoppel barred the child's mother and step-father from relitigating their claims that the biological father abandoned the child or was not fit to assume his parental r

  • Harrison v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy K. Henry Jarrard & Walker, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1319

    The trial court properly allowed the state to question the co-defendant about defendant's contact with the victim before trial since evidence of an attempt to influence a witness is always admis

  • Banks v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. Day, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Jeffrey L. Foster, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0999

    The victim's prior unprosecuted rape accusations were inadmissible in the absence of evidence that the accusations were

  • Tecumseh Prods. Co. Inc. v. Rigdon

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Gordon and C. Todd Van Dyke Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jack J. Helms Jr. Helms & Helms PC, Homerville, and James D. Hudson, Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1484

    Defendant should have known about its employee's violent propensity because defendant previously fired the employee for his involvement in an altercation with his super

  • Wiley v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin C. Jones Webb, Stuckey & Lindsey LLC, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Sandra A. Graves, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1026

    Defendant's own testimony that he did not commit the crimes precluded him from asserting an entrapment de

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, and Theresa S. Starkes, Assistant Solicitor General, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0576

    Defense counsel waived defendant's right to automatic discharge and dismissal by seeking multiple leaves of absence and consenting to have defendant's trial date reset outside of the allowable time p

  • City of Columbus v. Barngrover

    Publication Date: 2001-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene H. Polleys Jr., City Attorney, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary O. Bruce Page, Scrantom, Harris & Chapman PC, and James D. Patrick Jr., Columbus, for appellees. Other party representation: James E. Humes II Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, Columbus.
    Case Number: A01A0341

    The city's exercise of dominion and control over a drainage system by accessing and repairing the lines with city funds, gave rise to a duty to maintain the system, even though the system was locate