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  • Smith v. Mr. Sweeper Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Sweet Clements & Sweet PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David A. Smith Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1808

    Workers' compensation claimant had the burden of proving that her continuing problems with migraines and high blood pressure were directly related to her 7-year-old work-related i

  • Arnold v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan J. Baverman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Timothy B. Lumpkin, Assistant District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2375

    Evidence that defendant threatened to shoot one of the arresting officers supported his convi for felony obstru

  • Gunsby v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles R. Floyd Jr., Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Lynda S. Engel, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2418

    The trial court was not required to sever an armed robbery charge involving a convenience store from a similar robbery charge involving a fast-food restaurant because the crimes were committed a day

  • Tunarka v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Forrest K. Shealy, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2084

    The state failed to prove venue for the alleged drug c

  • In the Interest of S.L.H.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher S. Warren and B. Samuel Engram Jr., Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Paula K. T. Hanington, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2029

    The biological father's failure to legitimate his child after he was ordered to do so supported the termination of his parental r

  • Jordan v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Millsaps, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, and William K. Wynne Jr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2031

    Trial co s decision not to call any defense witnesses in order to retain the right to open and close arguments did not constitute ineffective assistance of co

  • Kodadek v. Lieberman

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal H. Howard, Joann B. Williams and William D. James Neal H. Howard PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Elaine W. Whitehurst, Cumming, for appellees. Other party representation: Alan M. Maxwell Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A2550

    The plaintiffs were not entitled to a new trial based on hearsay testimony that the jury bet on the outcome of the

  • Brown v. Liberty County

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald J. Freeman and Thomas A. Cox Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James N. Osteen, Luther K. Davis Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, Dow N. Kirkpatrick II, Kenneth D. Steele Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Alycia D. Foggs-Anderson, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2413, A00A2414, A00A2415

    The trial court was not required to hold a sua sponte evidentiary hearing before determining the amount of attorneys' fees a tax commissioner owed the county because she consented to the court-order

  • Campbell v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Millsaps, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, and William K. Wynne Jr. Chief Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0031

    The trial court was not required to charge the jury that it could consider circumstances that might have caused the Intoxilyzer 5000 machine to malfun

  • In the Interest of B.K.M.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, and Kimberly A. Homer, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David A. Fox Thompson, Fox, Joliff, Chandler & Homans, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2508, A00A2509

    A detailed description of the juveniles and their car, as well as the general timeframe and vicinity in which the crimes allegedly occurred, was sufficient evidence to justify a Terry