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  • Bridges v. Mann

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Graylin C. Ward, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Sherrell Jay, Sherrell, Smith & Bradley PC, Fitzgerald, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1858

    The plaintiff's acceptance of a check for less than the amount in dispute constituted an accord and satisfaction of his

  • Turner v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne L. Burnaine, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2189

    The trial court properly refused to reveal the confidential informant's identity because the defendant was not charged with selling cocaine to the informant and the informant was not present during

  • 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