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  • Watkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Phillips, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1959

    Defendant was not entitled to a directed verdict because he blocked the assault victim's avenue of escape and fled with the assa

  • Keenum v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, and Evelyn P. Sandefur, Assistant Solicitor, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1982

    The officer's omission of a phrase while reading the implied consent notice for the second time did not negate or nullify his first wa

  • In the Interest of S.K. and F.K.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Don T. Lyles, Thomasville, and James R. Smith Jr. Smith, Hannan & Parker PC, Valdosta, 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 Daniel M. Mitchell Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General, Quitman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2259, A00A2260

    The juvenile court had discretion under O.C.G.A. § 15-11-32 and 15-11-87 to deny the mother's motion for an independent psychological examination of the chi

  • Graff v. McReynolds & Assocs. PC-Profit Sharing Plan

    Publication Date: 2001-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth L. Levy Zachary & Seagraves PA and John W. Lawson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry S. McReynolds Smith, Howard & Ajax, John D. Sours, Mark D. Gropp Wasson, Sours & Harris PC, Atlanta, Timothy K. King Carl H. Hodges 7 Assocs., Jonesboro, and James D. Windham Windham, Hughes & Sauls PC, Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1869

    The plaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment against an individual defendant in its suit on a corporate note because the plaintiff did not allege the basis for defendant's personal liab

  • Crosby v. Kendall

    Publication Date: 2001-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis K. Polonsky and Matthew D. Crosby, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Taylor W. Jones and Jenny E. Jensen Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2503

    Any error in the trial court's charge that an attorney acting as an escrow agent must meet the standards of the legal profession was harmless because the evidence demanded a finding that the defendi

  • Shaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Skelton Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Rose L. Wing and Maria B. Golick, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1861

    The victim's statement that defendant grabbed her by the throat and shoved her against a wall, coupled with the officer's observation of red marks on her neck, provided probable cause to arrest defe

  • Green v. Proffitt

    Publication Date: 2001-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, Athens, and Benjamin F. Easterlin IV King & Spaulding, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. McGowan and James B. Franklin Franklin, Taulbee, Rushing, Bunce & Brogden, Statesboro, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2527

    The jury's award of $200,000 for the defendant's breach of a management contract was within the range of evidence based on the testimony of plaintiffs' ex

  • Rocha v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin J. Wyatt, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Timothy B. Lumpkin and Maria B. Golick, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2410

    Prospective jurors in a sex crime trial who describe a prior sexual abuse life experience are not subject to automatic removal for

  • Smith v. Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2001-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gresham H. Harrison and Samuel H. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Karen G. Thomas, Deputy County Attorney, Rosanna M. Szabo, Assistant Solicitor, Kristina H. Blum and Melinda K. Wells Gwinnett County Dep't of Law, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2498

    The state lacked jurisdiction to consider defendants' petition for writ of certiorari from their convictions in the recorder's

  • Hamilton v. Kentucky Fried Chicken of Valdosta Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark G. Pitts and John H. Beauchamp Beauchamp & Assocs., Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: William C. Sanders Alexander & Vann, Thomasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2057

    Premises owner's failure to turn on its parking lot lights raised a jury issue as to whether plaintiff failed to exercise ordinary care when she tripped and fell over a raised curb in the dark, even