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  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara L. Gerwig Georgia Indigent Defense Council, M. Amy Vosburg-Casey, Douglas B. Ammar and David F. Dorsey Jr. Georgia Justice Project, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0617

    The trial court erred in increasing the defendant's sentence after he began servi

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ramon J. Fajardo, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, and Leon Jourolmon, Assistant District Attorney, Hartwell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0808

    The defendant admitted that he altered a prescription for narcotic pain medic

  • Falkenberry v. Taylor

    Publication Date: 2005-01-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William E. Cetti, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven M. Reilly, Byron M. G. Sanford, Lawrenceville, Charles G. Shrake, Roswell, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S04A1988

    The Child Support Recovery Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-1 et seq., as amended in 2003, no longer distinguishes between the procedure available for children who receive public assistance and those who d

  • Navajo Constr. Inc. v. Brigham

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ravelle D. Smith Vaughn & Evans, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sidney P. Wright, Rome, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A2272

    The trial court erred in granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment where the plaintiff presented a prima facie claim of tre

  • Cody v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eldridge Suggs IV The Suggs Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A1334

    The trial court erred in granting the state's untimely motion to strike a witness's testimony after granting the defendant's motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evi

  • Rhone v. Bolden

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. McDonald Jr. and Jamie P. Woodard Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for Rhone and others. Allen W. Bodiford, Stockbridge, and James B. McGinnis, Lawrenceville, for Bolden. Johannes S. Kingma, Shannon M. McKenzie Carlock, Copland, Semler & Stair, and Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for Devlin and others. Other party representation: Richard B. Maner Goodman, Hudnall, Abrams PC, Elizabeth J. Bondurant Carter & Ansley, Atlanta, and Ann J. Herrera Russell & Herrera PC, Decatur.
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    Case Number: A04A1596; A4A1597; A04A1598

    The trial court erred in identifying the contempt as criminal instead of civil, where the parties found in contempt were not punished for their past deeds and could purge themselves of the contempt

  • Timeless Architectural Homes Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. McKenzie Jr., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Taylor W. Jones Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2386

    Factual issues remained as to whether the parties mutually mistakenly believed that the city of Atlanta would automatically grant a single-family residential building permit to the defendant on land

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Kraus, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Alvera A. Wheeler, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Chad E. Jacobs, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A0971

    The trial court's error in charging the jury that it could infer an intent to kill from the use of a deadly weapon was harmless where the defendant was acquitted of malice m

  • J & M Aircraft Mobile T Hangers Inc. v. Johnston County Airport Auth.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack F. Witcher and Daniel B. Greenfield, Bremen, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David S. DeLugas, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: J. H. Chattin The Georgia Tribe of E. Cherokee, Dahlonega.
    Case Number: A04A1646

    State courts are divested of jurisdiction by tribal courts as a matter of law only when exercised over Indians or activities on Indian

  • Professional Standards Comm'n v. Valentine

    Publication Date: 2004-09-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Stefan E. Ritter and Kathryn L. Allen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shampa Banerji and Michael E. Kramer Kramer & Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1893

    Some evidence supported the Professional Standards Commissioner's determination that a teacher violated Standard 10 of the Commission's Code of Ethics by acting in a unprofessional manner on school