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  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-06-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word and Jason W. Swindle Word & Simmons PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0136

    The trial court did not err in admitting defendant's statement to police that he would identify a major drug player if they let him walk away since there was no evidence that the officers coerced or

  • Al-Amin v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-06-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Martin Martin Bros. PC, Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Anna E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Ruth M. Pawlak, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A0151

    The surviving victim identified the defendant as the man who opened fire on two deputy sheriffs who were attempting to execute a bench warrant for his a

  • Leventhal v. Cumberland Dev. LLC

    Publication Date: 2004-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman Clark Clark & Clark, Ellijay, and Lee M. Bagel, Marietta, for Leventhal and others. Glen E. Stinson, Dallas, for Cumberland Dev. LLC. Other party representation: Hansell L. Smith Smith, Eubanks, Smith & Darden, and Mike D. Harrison, Marietta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A0699; A04A0700

    There was no evidence that the defendants agreed to a consent order drafted by the plaintiff's att

  • Unified Gov't of Athens-Clarke County v. Hospital Auth. of Clarke County

    Publication Date: 2004-05-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew H. Marshall Begnaud & Marshall LLP, and William C. Berryman Jr., Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, and J. Edward Allen Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellees. Amicus appellee: Jack S. Schroder Jr. Alston & Bird, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S04A0449

    A 2-step process for filling vacancies on the county hospital board of trustees did not have to be reduced to wr

  • Wilson v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2004-05-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jan V. Hinson, Alice A. Blanco, Duluth, and Robert L. Jones, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04F0234

    Georgia courts take an intermediate approach to the question of whether parties in a civil action have an absolute right to closing arg

  • In re: Laurens County April-June 2001 and July-September 2001

    Publication Date: 2004-05-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Morrison, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: James L. Wiggins, Eastman, Francis M. Lewis Lewis & King LLC, and Joseph L. Chambers, Assistant District Attorney, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0753

    The proposed grand jury presentment criticizing the district attorney's office constituted an act that was beyond the grand jury's statutory auth

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa O. Weiner, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven L. Harris, Solicitor General, and Lura H. Landis, Assistant Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2526

    The defendant was estopped from challenging his 1997 nolo plea under the authority of O.C.G.A. § 40-13-33 a, because he failed to attack the validity of that plea within 180 days of the day it becam

  • State v. Gomez

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor, and Gary S. Vey, Assistant Solicitor, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Martin M. Del, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2347

    The state court should not have considered the defendant's untimely motion to suppress DUI evi

  • Tunnelite Inc. v. Estate of Rebecca Wight Cherry Sims

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Koski The Koski Firm PC, Vincent M. Tilley and G. Roger Land, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shelby A. Outlaw The Outlaw Firm, Decatur, Irwin W. Stolz Jr. Winburn, Lewis, Barrow & Stolz PC, Athens, James L. Paul and Michael S. Welsh Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Vernitia A. Shannon and John A. Ayoub Fulton County Attorney's Office, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A1861

    An intrastate federal judgment does not need to be domesticated before it is recognized or attains lien status in Georgia state c

  • Collier v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and David B. Ross, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1728

    Trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the prosecutor's closing in which he pleaded with the jury to find the defendant guilty of present charges in order to rectify an earlier plea