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  • 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

  • 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.
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    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