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  • Carson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn G. Fant, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maziar Mazloom and Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1403

    Since defendant had no intention of accepting the state's plea offer, he could not show prejudice from his counsel's alleged failure to inform that he would be given a mandatory sentence of life wit

  • Porter v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick, Canton and Alison K. Frutoz, Douglas County Public Defender, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, Paul J. Miovas Jr. and James E. Barker, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1688

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion to suppress the evidence found in a stolen Jeep Cherokee that he was driving since the officer had probable cause to briefly detain the defenda

  • Horne v. Andrews

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Audrey Johnson, Jonesboro and Carol R. Horne, College Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Cox Jr. and Kerry A. Lutz Miller & Martin LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1482

    Resolution of a pastor's claims regarding published statements about his failure to follow church discipline, failure to participate in a stewardship campaign and improper use of a church cell phon

  • Lawal v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shade Lawal, Austell, proceeded pro se. Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Jessica K. Moss, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, and John W. Nichols, Assistant Solicitor General, Marietta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A03A1608

    The state failed to show that the pro se defendant voluntarily relinquished his right to co

  • Nugent v. Suntrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin L. Fierman, Eatonton, for Nugent. Tilman E. Self III, Macon, for Ray. William K. Carmichael Stokes, Lazarus & Carmichael, and Thomas V. Keough, Atlanta, for Suntrust Bank.
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    Case Number: A03A1530; A03A1531

    Defendants unambiguously agreed to be jointly and severally liable for full payment of a credit card account when they signed a "Business Card Application" in their individual cap

  • In the Interest of A. B.

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra W. Hale, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John L. Welsh II, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Other party representation: Victoria W. Weusthoff, Atlanta, Jean S. Martin and Edgar J. Perkerson III, Lawrenceville.
    Case Number: A03A1601

    Clear and convincing evidence did not support a finding that the child's deprivation was caused by a lack of proper parental control, despite the fact that the mother's boyfriend was convicted of ki

  • Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Croley

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Duke R. Groover Groover & Childs, Macon, and Charles W. Byrd, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Croley Jr., Fitzgerald, Gary C. Christy and Preyesh K. Maniklal Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, for appellee. Other party representation: Terry A. Dillard Dillard, Bower & Crowley, Waycross.
    Case Number: A03A0876

    The defendant was entitled to summary judgment on its former attorney's breach of contract claim because the oral agreement between the parties had no stated dur

  • Lamb v. First Union Brokerage Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry G. Lamb Lamb & Assocs., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael E. Johnson and Michelle Kahoiwai Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1623

    The plaintiff could not appeal the judgment in a garnishment action, despite the garnishee's assignment of his rights to the plaintiff, because the garnishee failed to file a timely application for

  • Nhan v. Wellington Square LLC

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell K. Willard, and G. Watson Bryant Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Scott E. Morris and Ellen W. Smith Holt, Ney, Zatcoff & Wasserman LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1197

    A real estate sales contract was enforceable where the property's location could be adequately identified through descriptive keys furnished within the written sales agre

  • Roebuck v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0860

    An expert's reliance on hearsay affects the weight, not the admissibility of the expert's op