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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia W. Harrison, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0489

    Because the court immediately instructed the jury to disregard the witness's remark that the defendant's fingerprints matched his criminal history, defendant was not entitled to a mis

  • White v. Traino

    Publication Date: 2000-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael E. Garner, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eugene H. Polleys Jr., City Attorney, and Frank K. Martin, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0129

    Plaintiffs who were detained briefly during the execution of a lawful search warrant had no claim for false impriso

  • Wilkerson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel H. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1507

    The charge as a whole properly distinguished the defendants' separate indictments for aggravated assault and instructed the jury to return a separate verdict on each

  • Carter v. Digby

    Publication Date: 2000-07-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William G. Dobson Morriss, Lober & Dobson LLC, Macon, Daniel Shim and Bruce F. Morriss Bruce F. Morriss PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason K. Priebe Lawson & Priebe, and Bonne K. Cole, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0287

    The 6-month period for renewing an action begins on the date that the written voluntary dismissal is filed with the

  • Lamb v. Salvage Disposal Co. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2000-07-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter G. Williams, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce R. Vail Glaze & Glaze, Jonesboro, for appellees. Other party representation: Douglas C. Vassy Tisinger, Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, and Joe M. Harris Jr. Law Department, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0062

    Because the plaintiff's car was totaled in an accident, he suffered no damages from the defendants' alleged conversion of the totaled car when they had it towed to a salvage

  • In the Interest of E.G.W.

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ann N. Garner, Stone Mountain, and James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, George W.K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Bettieanne C. Hart, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0769

    Evidence that the juvenile and his cohort were the only people near the victim when her purse was stolen and that they both fled the scene was sufficient to sustain the juvenile court's finding that

  • Mills v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Gardner Jr., Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, Richard K. Bridgeman and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorneys, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0361

    The trial court, of its own volition, had authority to charge on ro by intimidation as a lesser included offense of armed ro

  • Bright v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams III Virgil L. Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman S. Gunter, District Attorney, and Darrell E. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, Dahlonega, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A0666, A99A0667

    Upon remand for reconsideration, the Court of Appeals vacated in part its decision in Bright v. State, 238 Ga. App. 876 1999, holding that, in light of Brewer v. State, 271 Ga. 605 1999, the child v

  • In the Interest of M.D.

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek M. Wright The Wright Law Firm PC, Atlanta, 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, Robert E. Hall Rubin, Winter, Rapoport & Hall, Atlanta, and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorney General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1367

    Regardless of whether the mother's mental illness was likely to continue, her failure to cooperate with DFACS until six months after the termination petition was filed and her failure to support or

  • In the Interest of D.M. and D.M.

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher E. Ringue and Bobby G. Adkins Jr., Marietta, 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 and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: James K. Knight Jr., Cathy B. Lerow and David C. Butler, Marietta.
    Case Number: A00A0096, A00A0097

    The biological father lost all r to his twins when he failed to file a petition to legitimate them within 30 days of receiving notice of the petition to terminate his parental r