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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia W. Harrison, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0489

    Because the court immediately instructed the jury to disregard the witness's remark that the defendant's fingerprints matched his criminal history, defendant was not entitled to a mis

  • Carter v. Digby

    Publication Date: 2000-07-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William G. Dobson Morriss, Lober & Dobson LLC, Macon, Daniel Shim and Bruce F. Morriss Bruce F. Morriss PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason K. Priebe Lawson & Priebe, and Bonne K. Cole, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0287

    The 6-month period for renewing an action begins on the date that the written voluntary dismissal is filed with the

  • Lamb v. Salvage Disposal Co. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2000-07-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter G. Williams, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce R. Vail Glaze & Glaze, Jonesboro, for appellees. Other party representation: Douglas C. Vassy Tisinger, Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, and Joe M. Harris Jr. Law Department, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0062

    Because the plaintiff's car was totaled in an accident, he suffered no damages from the defendants' alleged conversion of the totaled car when they had it towed to a salvage

  • Bright v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams III Virgil L. Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman S. Gunter, District Attorney, and Darrell E. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, Dahlonega, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A0666, A99A0667

    Upon remand for reconsideration, the Court of Appeals vacated in part its decision in Bright v. State, 238 Ga. App. 876 1999, holding that, in light of Brewer v. State, 271 Ga. 605 1999, the child v

  • Dennard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank H. Childs Jr. Groover & Childs, and Amy Dever, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Katherine E. Kelley, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0606

    The indictment against defendant was not perfect in form since it did not identify the v

  • In the Interest of V.M.T.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenda Godfrey Baskin & Baskin PC, Joseph T. Justice Clark & Justice, David J. Casey and Bobby G. Adkins Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Williams C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: William E. Brewer, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0480, A00A0481

    Mother who could not tell that her child had sustained life-threatening injuries lacks the fundamental skills necessary to care for the child who now has special needs as a result of the extreme phy

  • Berkow v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Chestney The Chestney Hawkins Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, Christopher M. Toles and Thomas E. Csider, Assistant Solicitors, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0668

    Police officer's failure to watch defendant continuously for 20 consecutive minutes prior to giving him a breath test did not make the test results inadmis

  • Porter v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Friedewald, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel G. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0377

    Trial court did not have to give defendant's requested charge on self-defense since evidence that he emptied a pistol into the unarmed, fleeing victim did not suppo

  • Georgia Ports Auth. v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, R.O. Lerer, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, George S. Zier, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Thomas J. Mahoney Jr. Ranitz, Mahoney, Coolidge & Mahoney, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Noble L. Boykin Jr. Jones, Boykin, Stacy & Assocs., Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Mary K. Hogan Ranitz, Mahoney, Coolidge & Mahoney PC, Savannah.
    Case Number: A99A2012, A99A2013

    The plaintiff's federal express delivery of his ante litem notice satisfied the personal delivery option of the Georgia Tort Claim

  • Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, and Deborah R. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2255

    The fact that the informant met with the officer, volunteered to set up the drug buy, specifically described defendant, defen truck and the location of the sell, and provided police with defe