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  • Kirkland v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1823

    Defendant's prior acquittal on an attempted burglary charge arising out of his connection with a "Bad Cop" crime did not preclude his trial on other charges attributed to the crime

  • Johnson v. Griffin

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen M. Griffin, Hardwick, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S00A1860

    Defendant's arising from the parole board's determination that he was no longer eligible for parole was not a cognizable habeas

  • Weldon v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Eddie B. Bassett, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1696

    The trial court abused its discretion in attempting to control defendant's disruptive behavior by gagging defendant in front of the

  • Young v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph G. Rich Rich & Smith, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and James M. Miskell, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1442

    The trial court was not required to have the defendant's statement reread to the jury in response to the jury's question during delibera

  • Dews v. Ratterree

    Publication Date: 2000-12-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julius A. Powell Jr. Mullis, Marshall, Lindley & Powell, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Arthur L. Phillips Phillips & Phillips, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2092

    The defendant's affidavit in support of summary judgment was inadmissible to the extent it contained conclusions that he never commingled corporate

  • Ward v. Department of Human Resources

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackson E. Cox II, Waynesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine S. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles Cash Jr., McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00G0604

    The Department of Human Resources has no authority to file a petition to establish a parent's child support obligation where that obligation has already been deter

  • Dean v. Tabsum Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Falanga Falanga & Chalker and Allen E. Bates Allen E. Bates & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Bruce A. Taylor Jr. Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Mark L. Stuckey, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S00A1331

    O.C.G.A. § 50-21-28 establishes venue in suits against the state, even if the state is not the sole tortf

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Augustus T. Curtis, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, and Gerald W. Brown, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1091

    Defendant was entitled to a new sentencing hearing because he did not have the opportunity to present evidence on the validity of his prior guilty pleas which the state used in aggravation of his sen

  • Drake v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Penny D. Furr, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, George W.K. Snyder, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0699

    The trial court correctly recharged the jury after erroneously charging that the jury could not consider voluntary manslaughter until after it ruled out malice and felony m

  • Solomon v. Norwest Mortgage Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A00A1555

    The mortgage corporation that purchased the defendant's home at a foreclosure sale was entitled to a dispossessory judgment as a matter of law because the defendant was a tenant at suffe