• In the Interest of A. A. & C. O. A.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Voyles, and Vernita L. Lee, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellee. Other party representation: William S. Steinberg Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland, Valdosta.

    Case Number: A01A1422; A01A1423

    The trial court erred in allowing a newly appointed caseworker to read a summary which she prepared from the prior caseworker's

  • Southern Intermodal Logistics Inc. v. D. J. Powers Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Brice Ladson Ladson & Suthers LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia T. Paul Oliver, Maner & Gray, Savannah, Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael LLP, Kim T. Stephens, Athens, Robert E. Spears Jr. Greenberg & Traurig LLP, and Michael J. King, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1618

    A jury question remained as to when plaintiff discovered or should have discovered its injury from the defendants' alleged wrongful co

  • Rodriguez v. Nunez

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yehuda Smolar Smolar, Roseman, Brantley & Seifter, G. Grant Brantley Meadows, Ichter & Trigg PC, Douglas J. Davis Davis Law Group PC, and Antoinette D. Johnson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Seth A. Litman, G. Michael Banick and Michael K. Watson Alembik, Fine & Callner PA, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1151

    The trial court should have dismissed plaintiff's superior court paternity action against the administrator of the putative father's since the issues of paternity were ancillary to issues of

  • Morrison v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shandor S. Badaruddin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Thomas A. Cole and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1177

    Repetitive Bruton objections to testimony about the co-defendants' statements would have served no purpose because defendant claimed he was coerced into participating in the c

  • Banks v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. Day, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Jeffrey L. Foster, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0999

    The victim's prior unprosecuted rape accusations were inadmissible in the absence of evidence that the accusations were

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, and Theresa S. Starkes, Assistant Solicitor General, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0576

    Defense counsel waived defendant's right to automatic discharge and dismissal by seeking multiple leaves of absence and consenting to have defendant's trial date reset outside of the allowable time p

  • Interstate North Sporting Club v. Cobb County Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David K. Beals and Lisa F. Stuckey Ragsdale, Deals, Hooper & Seigler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas R. Haynie and Harbert S. Gregory Jr. Haynie, Litchfield & Crane PC, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Johannes S. Kingma Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A01A0564

    O.C.G.A. § 48-5-311 g 2 does not prohibit a tax consulting service from requesting certification of a taxpayer's ad valorem tax a

  • Aggarwal v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Willis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor, Gary S. Vey and Staci B. Melton, Assistant Solicitors, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0288

    The under 21 implied consent notice informed defendant that the purpose of his breath test was to determine whether he was driving under the influence and that a 0.02 blood alcohol content would re

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles S. Thornton Lawson & Thornton, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Jr., District Attorney, and George W. K. Snyder Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A2448

    The trial court failed to conduct the required 3-factor analysis to determine whether the state's forfeiture claim violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against excessive

  • Keenum v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, and Evelyn P. Sandefur, Assistant Solicitor, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1982

    The officer's omission of a phrase while reading the implied consent notice for the second time did not negate or nullify his first wa