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  • Guillen v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah M. Vaughan and Eugene Novy Novy, James & Vaughan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1477

    The defendant failed to prove that she was insane when she kidnapped and stabbed a co-worker since she took methodical steps to implement her c

  • Lyons v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clark C. Adams Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Melvin E. Hyde Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1743

    The trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized under warrant where the warrant did not provide details establishing probable cause to s

  • In Re: Morris Communications Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Hudson Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Augusta, and Katherine N. Lewis Holland & Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: Ronald E. Harrison II The Harrison Firm, Brunswick.
    Case Number: A02A0928

    The reporter's privilege did not apply to limited published information which the state sought to admit at a criminal defendant's robbery

  • Bickerstaff Automotive Inc. v. Tsepas

    Publication Date: 2002-10-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. McKnight Jr. Freed & Bermen PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Neal B. Graham Buzzell, Graham & Welsh LLP and Timothy K. Hall, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1445

    The UCC provision allowing a seller to cure a nonconforming delivery did not preclude plaintiff from rescinding her "new" car lease and suing defendants for fraud after she learned that the car had

  • State v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Marcy H. Gonzalez, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: David J. Farnham, Social Circle, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1600

    Defendant made his involuntary custodial statements without the benefit of his Miranda rights after the officers told him he did not need an att

  • Clemons v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel B. Kane, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, and Benjamin M. First, Special Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1298

    Under the totality of the circumstances, the trial court did not reversibly err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained during a warrant search of his house, even though the dete

  • In the Interest of J. W. K.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Thompson, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: James F. Ledbetter and Joseph D. Little, Calhoun, for appellee. Other party representation: George P. Govignon, Calhoun.
    Case Number: A01A2290

    The juvenile court erred in awarding temporary legal custody of the child to his paternal aunt and uncle for a period of two years without establishing a reunification plan between the child and his

  • Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP v. Six Flags Over Ga. LLC

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Buford, Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, John J. Dalton Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Evan R. Chesler and Keith R. Hummel Cravath, Swaine & Moore, N.Y., for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Butler Jr., George W. Fryhofer III, Joel O. Wooten Jr., Cale H. Conley Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daugherty & Sullivan, Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, H. Lamar Mixson, Michael B. Terry, Nancy J. Walsh and Joshua F. Thorpe Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, for appellees. Other party representation: Gerald Davidson Jr. Davidson & Tucker LLP, Duluth.
    Case Number: A00A0120

    The Court of Appeals overruled Kent v. A. O. White Jr., Consulting Engineers PC, A01A0756 1/29/02, 02 FCDR 374, to the extent that it held that the Georgia Supreme Court adopted the standard set for

  • In the Interest of A. A.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexander T. Rundlet Southern Ctr. For Human Rights, Atlanta for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Mary E. Evans-Battle, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1704

    The victims' testimony that the juvenile defendant threatened them with a knife supported the juvenile's delinquency adjudic

  • In the Interest of K. R. S. & K. C. H.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn A. Hall, Rebecca R. Crowley, Waycross, Phyllis J. Holmen, Lisa J. Krisher and Vicky O. Kimbrell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Other party representation: John B. Brewer III, Hazlehurst, and Franklin D. McCrae, Alma.
    Case Number: A02A0617

    The juvenile court lacked jurisdiction to decide the maternal grandparents' deprivation petition since allegations raised therein pertained to the circumstances existing prior to the mother's death