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  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcia G. Shein, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, and Gregory W. Edwards District Attorney's Office, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0069

    The defendant failed to show how he was harmed by the trial court's comment that it would instruct the jury on how to analyze the statements of a defendant or by the jury charge

  • Copper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Merritt

    Publication Date: 2004-12-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip W. Savrin and Sun S. Choy Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Kermit S. Dorough Jr. Divine & Dorough, Albany and Jesse G. Bowles Bowles & Bowles, Cuthbert, for Merritt.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A0811; A04A0812

    Workers' compensation provided the exclusive remedy for the plaintiff's injury due to his employer's negligence in failing to maintain a faulty for

  • City of Atlanta v. Clayton County Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2004-12-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward K. Smith Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian R. Dempsey, Lovejoy, and Jack R. Hancock, Forest Park, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0925

    A parcel of land at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, which the city of Atlanta leased to the United States Postal Service for mail sorting, was not exempt from Clayton county ad valorem tax

  • Glisson v. Rooms to Go

    Publication Date: 2004-12-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Krannert Riddle Callaway, Braun, Riddle & Hughes PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert K. Kardeman, Alpharetta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A0977

    The employee sustained an economic i when she used her accrued sick and vacation leave for the period of time she lost from work due to her work-related i

  • In the Interest of M. K. H.

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald C. Gibson, John P. Rivers, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and James A. Chamberlin Jr., Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: Dorothy R. Avera, Brunswick.
    Case Number: A04A2093

    The mother refused to financially support her children, tested negative at only one of 22 scheduled drug screens, was habitually late to visitations and failed to receive treatment for her mental di

  • Whitmire v. Georgia Power Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hardy Gregory Jr., Cordele, Francis L. Morris Jr. Morris, Webster & Corless, Tifton, Bobby L. Cook, Summerville, and Preyesh K. Maniklal Gregory, Christy, Maniklal & Dennis LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hugh B. McNatt McNatt & Greene, Vidalia, John R. Reinhardt Reinhardt & Whitley, Tifton, Charles J. Willcox Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers, Louis E. Hatcher, Albany, and Robert L. Pennington, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A04A0826

    The Utilities Protection Center was not required to provide notice to the owner and operator of a high-voltage overhead power line, where the responsible party affirmatively denied that work would b

  • Morita v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Alexander III, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amy H. McChesney, Russell J. Parker and Frances D. Hakes, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2299

    Evidence that the defendant previously broke into an apartment, sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl, took her into the woods and tied her to a chair was admissible to show his motive and lustful

  • State v. Mauerberger

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard W. Shelton, Solicitor, and Sandra K. Sanders, Assistant Solicitor General, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick C. Cork Cork & Cork, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2346

    The officer's questions about weapons and drugs and his request for consent to search did not prolong, continue or otherwise extend the defendant's lawful detention during a traffic

  • Turner v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. Clark, Elberton, and Joseph E. Sapp Nelson & Sapp LLC, Toccoa, for Turner Sr. Drew W. Powell, Public Defender, Clarkesville, for Turner. Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, Richard K. Bridgeman, Assistant District Attorney, Toccoa, and Brian M. Rickman Stockton & Stockton LLC, Clayton, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A2164; A04A2165

    Evidence that one defendant had a sexually transmitted disease during the time in which he allegedly raped the victim did not constitute newly discovered evidence that entitled the defendant to a ne

  • Board of Tax Assessors of Ware County Ga. v. Baptist Village Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Huey W. Spearman, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas C. James III, Stephen L. Dillard James, Bates, Pope & Spivey, Macon, and Vann K. Parrot Long & Denton, Quitman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1215

    The trial court properly determined that appellee's independent-living units were entitled to the same home for the aged ad valorem property tax exemption under O.C.G.A. § 48-5-41 a 12 as its assist