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  • Prillaman v. Sark

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey H. Dover, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. Casey Jr. and Lisa K. Whitfield Hicks, Casey & Barber PC, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0527

    A question of fact remained as to whether plaintiff assumed the risk of a cheerleading stunt that her instructor pressured her to execute on an asphalt surface in violation of industry safety stan

  • Ricks v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Lee Sexton & Assocs. PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, and Linda T. Day, Assistant Solicitor, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0068

    DUI conviction reversed since there was no evidence that defendant was a less safe d

  • Bailey v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2419

    The trial court did not err in refusing to allow defense counsel to examine documents contained in a witness's case file and reviewed by the witness prior to testifying in the absence of a showing t

  • In the Interest of T. N.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony J. Morgese, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Mary E. Evans-Battle, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0636

    The egregious nature of the juvenile's sexual offense supported the juvenile court's order placing him in restrictive cu

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David S. West and Bruce S. Harvey Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and William H. McClain, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2099

    The officers did not impermissibly detain the defendant following a valid traffic stop where officers determined that neither the driver nor defendant could legally drive th

  • Vonslep v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Stein and Margaret A. Reeves The Law Offices of George Stein, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Jessica K. Morris, Assistant Solicitor General, and Sandra G. Dawson, Assistant Solicitor, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2293

    Defense counsel waived defendant's right to automatic discharge and dismissal by seeking multiple leaves of absence and consenting to have defendant's trial date reset outside of the allowable time p

  • Georgia Lottery Corp. v. First Nat'l Bank of Grady County

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
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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., Shereen M. Walls, Assistant Attorneys General, and David C. Will Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan K. Chason Chason & Willett, Cairo, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0016

    A bank converted lottery funds when it honored a stop payment request on funds that were placed into a retailer's segregated lottery ac

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2012

    An officer's testimony concerning de t's exercise of his right to remain silent was not prejudicial since it was inadvertent, part of a narrative of events and not an intentional reference to d

  • In the Interest of K. B.

    Publication Date: 2002-01-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Goldberg, Williamson, 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 W. Ashley Hawkins, Special Assistant Attorney General, Forsyth, for appellee. Other party representation: Wilson H. Bush Bush & Smith, and Juliet K. Rowell, Jackson.
    Case Number: A01A2421

    Parental rights of putative father terminated where he failed to legitimate the provided no financial support and did not contact the

  • Coleman v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Harper, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Woodbine, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1726

    Any violation of Bruton was harmless, given the overwhelming evidence of defendant's