Filter This View

  • Copeland v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Decatur, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1681

    The trial court properly admitted evidence of a 1993 child molestation conviction to show the defendant's course of conduct, lustful disposition and bent of mind in dealing with chi

  • Hanse v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul A. Morgan, Rory K. Starkey and Robert D. Ware County Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew T. Allen, Atlanta, David A. Sleppy, Edward E. Strain III and Lisa J. Bucko Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A0955

    A police officer was entitled to official immunity in the plaintiffs' wrongful death and injury suit arising out of a high-speed chase, because the decision to initiate and continue the chase was di

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melissa M. Nelson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2187

    The defendant was not entitled to the severance of his burglary charges, since both crimes demonstrated a common scheme or

  • City of Atlanta v. Harper

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly M. Patrick City of Atlanta Law Dep't, and Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary J. Huber, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1341

    The city of Atlanta improperly restructured the city's office of the internal auditor in order to terminate the appellee from his auditing job due to dissatisfaction with his job perfor

  • Andrews v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner and Tammi S. Long Begner & Begner PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Anne M. Long and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2267

    All direct appeals following the revocation of a drug court defendant's probationary status, which are filed after the date of this opinion as subject to the discretionary application procedures of

  • Collins v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Brimberry Brimberry, Kaplan & Brimberry PC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2055

    The defendant touched the 10-year-old victim's vagina while she was riding in front of him on a 4-wheeler at a friend's birthday

  • Brown v. Dorsey

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven K. Leibel, George P. Shingler and Guy H. Weiss Casey, Gilson & Leibel PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William J. Linkous III, Chief Assistant County Attorney, Melanie F. Wilson, Sam L. Brannen Jr., Assistant County Attorneys, Decatur and Viviane H. Ernstes, Atlanta. Other party representation: E. Duane Jones Duane Jones & Assocs., Decatur, and Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A05A1129

    DeKalb county was not liable under 42 USC § 1983 for the murder of DeKalb county Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown by former county deputies at the direction of former Sheriff Sidney D

  • Sewell v. Trib Publications Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: K. Prabhaker Reddy Reddy & Silvis LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tyron C. Elliot, Manchester, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2077

    An assistant professor who allegedly made certain negative statements in class about America's military involvement in Iraq is not a limited-purpose public figure who must show malice before recover

  • Benefield v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2005-11-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry C. Carter Jr., Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joel K. Tharpe, Ryan M. Reid, Gainesville, and Melody A. Glouton Webb, Tanner & Powell, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1719

    The plaintiff's claims against her brothers arising out of their administration of their parents' estates were within the probate court's jurisdi

  • Pope v. Board of Comm'rs of Fulton County

    Publication Date: 2005-11-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Sweeney, James P. Robertson Jr., Melana Kopman and Gretchen M. Holt Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. Prabhaker Reddy Reddy & Silvis LLC, Richard R. Gignilliat Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, and James J. Park U. S. Court of Appeals, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1237

    The appellants' own letter to the county board of commissioners provided some evidence supporting their removal from their positions on the county's board of tax asse