• Olson v. Ford Motor Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Edward Furr Jr., Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: John K. Franks, Thomas G. Sampson and Jeffrey E. Tompkins Thomas Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A2096

    Plaintiff did not revoke acceptance of a nonconforming pickup truck where he continued to pay the note, ad valorem taxes and insurance for that ve

  • State v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Marcy H. Gonzalez, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: David J. Farnham, Social Circle, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1600

    Defendant made his involuntary custodial statements without the benefit of his Miranda rights after the officers told him he did not need an att

  • Clemons v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel B. Kane, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, and Benjamin M. First, Special Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1298

    Under the totality of the circumstances, the trial court did not reversibly err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained during a warrant search of his house, even though the dete

  • Horner v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Strauss, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Alan A. Cook, Special Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1077

    Defendant's booking photograph was admissible to show how he appeared at the time of the crime in que

  • Helmer v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie G. Patterson, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis K. Kirby, Solicitor General, and Julianne W. Holliday, Assistant Solicitor, LaGrange, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1583

    The state failed to show that defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived her right to counsel and her right to a jury

  • In the Interest of J.M.

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph I. Carter, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Melanie Barbee-Cross Simpson & Cross, Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1450

    The juvenile court erred in extending DFACS' temporary custody of children where there was no evidence that any reasons for their initial removal from their mother's home existed at the time

  • Wilson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Crouch, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryant G. Speed II, District Attorney, Fred R. Simpson, Acting District Attorney, and Martha P. Jacobs, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1325

    Evidence, other than defendant's mere presence and equal access to drugs found behind his house, supported his convic

  • Cage v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Bradley, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Lalaine A. Briones, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1525

    Evidence that defendant threw a 9-year-old boy against a wall in front of the victims supported his convictions for second degree child cr

  • Hildreth v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip L. Ruppert, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Kirk M. Thomas and Roberta A. Earnhardt, Assistant District Attorneys, Conyers, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1270

    Defendant's convictions for felony interference with government property and felony obstruction did not merge as a matter of fact since defendant hit a deputy's patrol car three times and each strik

  • Georgia Dep't of Corrections v. Barkwell

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Senior Assistant Attorney General, John B. Ballard Jr., Assistant Attorney General, K. Prabhaker Reddy and Donahue S. Silvis Reddy & Silvis LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert C. Harrison Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1355

    The Department of Corrections can sue for reimbursement of state funds used to treat inmates injured in an automobile coll