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  • Atlanta Cas. Co. v. Boatwright

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly K. Nagy and Frederick M. Valz III Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald A. Lowry, Marietta, for appellees. Other party representation: John E. Robinson and Gregory H. Blazer McLarty, Robinson & Van Voorhies LLP, Decatur, William P. Tinkler Jr., Decatur, Kristine J. Moschella, Stephen L. Cotter Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, and Karsten Bicknese, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0201

    Jury questions remain as to whether the insurer properly canceled tortfeasor's insurance contract for failure to pay insurance pre

  • Dennard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank H. Childs Jr. Groover & Childs, and Amy Dever, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Katherine E. Kelley, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0606

    The indictment against defendant was not perfect in form since it did not identify the v

  • Spivey v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason K. Hoffman, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford P. Bowden, District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0074

    Armed robbery defendant was not entitled to a jury instruction on the lesser included offense of criminal attempt, since she accepted some of the stolen money and allowed one of her accomplice's to

  • Palmer v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. King and Billy J. Dixon, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Bonnie K. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0632

    Evidence that defendant was leaning into the broken window of a car and that he immediately left when confronted by the car owner's son supported the jury's finding that defendant intended to commit

  • Wells v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton K. Nelson III, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph M. Walke, District Attorney, and Tracie J. Hobbs, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0086

    Evidence of a less than 10-percent disparity between the percentage of African-Americans in the county's 1990 census and the percentage of African-Americans in the entire jury venire did not support

  • In the Interest of V.M.T.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenda Godfrey Baskin & Baskin PC, Joseph T. Justice Clark & Justice, David J. Casey and Bobby G. Adkins Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Williams C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: William E. Brewer, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0480, A00A0481

    Mother who could not tell that her child had sustained life-threatening injuries lacks the fundamental skills necessary to care for the child who now has special needs as a result of the extreme phy

  • In the Interest of L.S.D.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Saunders P. Jones IV, Stone Mountain, 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 Robert G. Nardone, Avondale Estates, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0024

    Although mother sought treatment for alcoholism after the petition to terminate her paren ghts was filed, the mother's prior physical abuse of her children supported the termination of her pare

  • Peek v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis and George A. Stein Law Offices of George A. Stein, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, and Kimberly A. Gross, Assistant Solicitor, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A1510

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's holding that the state did not prove that the person who drew Peek's blood for the state-administered blood alcohol test was qualified to do so by in

  • Smith v. Murrath Enters. Inc

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gresham H. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Luther H. Beck Jr. Chandler & Britt, Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1002

    Owners of property adjoining an abandoned county road did not prove there was a contract between the county and the landowner who petitioned for abandonment to which the property owners were third-p

  • Tanner v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0313

    Evidence that the defendant was arrested for loitering in a known drug area was admissible to explain the circumstances of his arrest for possessing cocaine, which fell out of his pocket during a p