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  • Berry v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Bishop, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and George W.K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1688

    Because defendant waited until the day before trial to file his motion to suppress and did not seek an extension from the trial court, he waived his right to challenge the admissibility of the evi

  • In the Interest of J.L.K., J.P.M and P.S.M.

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. McGee III and William R. Little, Waycross, 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, John C. Shelton, Atlanta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellee. Other party representation: Andrew C. Spivey, Waycross.
    Case Number: A00A2026, A00A2027

    Evidence that mother has a 10-year-old's mental capacity and that father was blinded in an alcohol related fight supported finding that they are unable to care for their chi

  • Chambers v. Green

    Publication Date: 2000-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald R. Donovan, Hiram, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Hughes Jr. Hughes & Kaplan, Stone Mountain, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1589

    On defendant's motion for involuntary dismissal, the trial court had authority to decide that plaintiff had not proven essential

  • Barbazza v. International Motor Sports Ass'n Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank R. McKay Sartain, McKay & Crowell, Gainesville, Leeza R. Cherniak Strongwater & Cherniak, Atlanta, Michael R. Perle and Robert J. Hantman Hantman & Assocs., New York, NY, for appellant.
    for defendant: . M. David Merritt McLain & Merritt PC, George R. Neuhauser Nall & Miller LLP, Dennis J. Webb & Eric J. Sharon Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1455

    Injured race car driver's waiver of liability and indemnity agreement with defendants released defendants from liability for damages caused by negli

  • State v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tambra P. Colston, District Attorney, and John F. McClellan Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: James A. Satcher Jr., Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1546

    Defendant's nervous behavior and her admission that she used drugs in the past did not provide probable cause to detain her until a supervising officer arrived on the

  • Hart v. Hart

    Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Warnes II, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lane Fitzpatrick, Danielsville, Hardy Gregory Jr. and Preyesh K. Maniklal Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1692

    The trial court had authority under O.C.G.A. § 44-6-170 to hire a timber cruise to assess the value of the timber on the parties

  • Sellers v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elaine T. McGruder, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1303

    Any error in the charge on accident and self-defense was harmless since the jury rejected both defenses when it convicted defendant for voluntary manslau

  • In the Interest of A.L.B.

    Publication Date: 2000-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton K. Nelson III, Macon, 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, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and William L. Tribble, Dublin, for appellee. Other party representation: John P. Cheeley Cheeley & Joyner LLC, Duluth.
    Case Number: A00A2015

    The mother could not show that she was harmed by the trial court's erroneous admission of child hearsay alleging child molestation against her husband, since she admitted that she allowed her husban

  • 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