• Bianco v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Philip C. Smith, District Attorney, and Rand J. Csehy, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1134

    The officer was entitled to seize the baggy of methamphetamine in defendant's pocket under the plain feel doc

  • In the Interest of J. W. K.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Thompson, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: James F. Ledbetter and Joseph D. Little, Calhoun, for appellee. Other party representation: George P. Govignon, Calhoun.

    Case Number: A01A2290

    The juvenile court erred in awarding temporary legal custody of the child to his paternal aunt and uncle for a period of two years without establishing a reunification plan between the child and his

  • Lane v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacqueline J. Herring, Fulton County Conflict Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1778

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that defendant did not waive his right to open and close arguments when his co-defendant's counsel had a police witness read a portion of hi

  • Campbell v. Coates

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William L. Lundy Jr., Charles E. Morris Jr. Parker and Lundy, and W. Wright Gammon Jr. Gammon and Anderson, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Clinton Sumner Jr., Susan D. Taylor Magruder & Sumner, Rome, Lanny B. Bridgers and Steven J. Estep King & Spalding, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2377

    The evidence supported the trial court's conclusion that plaintiff did not properly serve defendant through his son pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-11-

  • Nelson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wallace C. Clayton, Austell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Jessica K. Moss and John W. Nichols, Assistant Solicitors General, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1414

    The arresting officer's concern that a fight was about to break out in defendant's moving vehicle provided probable cause for a traffic

  • Wilder v. Jefferson Ins. Co. of New York

    Publication Date: 2001-11-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra L. Doyle Holland & Knight, Norman S. Epstein, Atlanta, and Jonathan P. Sexton, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James M. Poe, James L. Creasy III, and Catherine E. Diamond Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: John W. Scott, Atlanta, Sabrina K. Bozeman, Stone Mountain, and C. T. Defranks Lacosta Recovery Services, Alpharetta.

    Case Number: A01A1410

    A certificate of insurance which was issued by an insurance agent did not confer coverage on a tow truck which was never added to the insured's policy because the agent had no authority to bind the

  • Gilbert v. Southern Trust Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William B. Brown, George H. Myshrall Jr. and Jacqueline Marcucci Heyman & Sizemore LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marvin D. Dikeman and Dennis K. Webb Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1092

    Issues of fact remained in plaintiff's suit to recover homeowner's and automobile insurance benefits following a

  • Simmons v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jodi Dick, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, George W. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Shawn D. McAllister, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1002

    The trial court did not improperly express an opinion on defendant's guilt by responding to a jury hypothet

  • Unipay Inc. v. Lynk Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nisbet S. Kendrick III and Caroline B. Keller, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank N. White, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0832

    A jury question remained as to whether defendant received all of the equipment sold to it by plaintiff since defendant produced evidence showing that some items were not deli

  • Webb v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Gregory K. Schwarz, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1020

    The victims' testimony regarding the similarity between defendant's scar and that of the masked robber was admissible, even though the prosecutor showed the victims a photograph of defendant's scar,