• Turner v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence M. Korn, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick and Bruce D. Hornbuckle, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1675

    Victim's testimony that she recognized defendant's voice and that his number appeared on her caller ID provided a proper found for using a transcript of their taped convers

  • Lanier v. Burnette

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Cunningham, LaFayette, and Clifton M. Patty Jr., Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Larry J. Campbell, Chattanooga, TN, Dennis D. Watson, LaFayette, Richard W. Andrews Kinney, Kemp, Pickell, Sponcler & Joiner, Dalton, and Renzo S. Wiggins, Ringgold, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A1191

    The grantor could not reduce a previously granted 50-foot easement across the defendants' land because the easement rights had vested in other gra

  • Silvers v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald C. Evans Jr., Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Calhoun, and Pamela D. Brophy, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1900

    Evidence that defendant repeatedly punched the victim in the face, shattering the victim's nasal bone and permanently injuring her sinuses, supported defendant's convi

  • Fontaine v. Sidelines IV Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay E. Loeb Olim & Loeb LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin L. Ward, Erin S. Stone Schulten, Ward & Turner LLP, Atlanta, and Helena K. Katzenstein, Marietta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A1937

    Defendants did not breach their loan agreement with plaintiff by refusing to enter into a second loan, since the loan agreement did not obligate defendants to borrow additional

  • Helmer v. Rumarson Techs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth I. Sokolov Fine & Block, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Marion B. Stokes & Mary E. Lysak Stokes, Lazarus & Carmichael LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1466, A00A1467

    Plaintiff could not hold authorized signatories personally liable for signing a corporate check that was dishonored for insufficient

  • State v. Goodwin

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Melvin E. Hyde Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank K. Martin and John T. Martin The Martin Firm, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1271

    The state failed to show that defendant left Georgia or concealed herself so that she could not be arrested on arson charges before the statute of limitation ex

  • In the Interest of J.W.H.

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Host and Charles L. Daniel III McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham LLP, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Cynthia N. Johnson Waycaster, Johnson, Morris & Dean, Karen E.L. Webb and Jerry W. Moncus, Dalton, for appellee. Other party representation: Joel P. Thames, Todd L. Ray McDonald, Kinnamon & Thames, Dalton.

    Case Number: A00A1190, A00A1332

    Several factors, including the father's verifiable medical condition that prevented him from caring for his child, supported termination of the father's and mother's parental r

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George T. Jackson and Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Woodbine, Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert C. Harper, Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1122

    Evidence that defendant willingly accompanied his accomplices when they went "creeping" at the victims' hotels supported his convictions as a party to their c

  • Holloway v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1047

    Although defendant claimed that his counsel failed to interview several alibi witness, defendant did not produce the alleged witnesses or show that they would have testified in his

  • Christensen v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank K. Martin The Martin Firm, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and George E. Lipscomb II, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0517, A00A0518

    The trial court's erroneous charge that the indictment was not evidence of Christensen's innocence was not reversible error in light of the jury charge as a