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Johnson v. State

Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene Felton Jr. Davis & Felton PC, Warner Robins, for appellant.
for defendant: Kelley R. Burke, District Attorney, and Amy E. L. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1964

The trial court's error in admitting hearsay testimony regarding a prior drug transaction did not contribute to defendant's conviction for selling co

Gibson v. State

Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A0790

The trial court's inquiry into the numerical division of the deadlocked did not violate the defendant's right to a fair and impartial

Brown v. State

Publication Date: 2000-09-08
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Friedewald, Public Defender, Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, and Jennifer M. Daniels, Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A0306

An arresting officer was properly allowed to testify regarding a concerned citizen's tip since the tip explained the officer's co

Brandon v. Newman

Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith F. Brandon Zimmerman & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Samuel W. Cruse, Augusta, for appellee. Other party representation: Elizabeth McLeod Fulcher, Hagler, Reed, Hanks & Harper, Augusta.
Case Number: A99A1776

The plaintiff could not enforce his attorney's lien against the defendant's personal injury settlement because the underlying retainer agreement was inexplicably entwined with an unethical fee-split

Bergeson v. State

Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David M. Rosenberg and David E. Ralston, Blue Ridge, for appellant.
for defendant: Roger G. Queen, District Attorney, William B. Britt, Assistant District Attorney, Ellijay, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel G. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A0046

The trial court was not required to sequester the jury during the defendant's murder trial, because the state did not seek the death pe

Hodo v. State

Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas and Jo Ann Claudrick, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, George W.K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Phyllis M. Burgess, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jeanne K. Strickland, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S99A1557

Trial court's denial of defendant's request for sequestered voir dire did not deny defendant the right to a fair and impartial jury, since there was no evidence that the entire venire was tainted by

Simmons v. Hill

Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry L. Miller and Gee G. Vaughn Mitchell & Mitchell, Dalton, for appellant.
for defendant: . Robert A. Cowan Kinney, Kemp, Sponcler, Joiner & Tharpe, Dalton, for appellees.
Case Number: A99A1939

Father was not liable under the family purpose doctrine for his 18-year-old son's accident, even though the father owned the wrecked truck, since the son did not live with his parents at the time of

Robinson v. State

Publication Date: 2000-02-11
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana M. Whaley, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and H. Maddox Kilgore, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A0029

Since state crime lab expert could not say what effect cocaine had on the murder victim, his testimony that the victim consumed cocaine and a detective's testimony that the victim had cocaine in his

Reed v. Secretary, Florida Dep't of Corrections, Attorney General

Publication Date: 2010-01-19
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Date Filed: 2010-01-11
Court: 11th Cir.
Judge: Hull, Circuit Judge
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Case Number: 09-10059

PUBLISHBefore DUBINA, Chief Judge, CARNES and HULL, Circuit Judges.Florida death-row inmate Grover Reed appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of ha

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