• Wilkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. McGee III McGee & McGee, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, and Allen R. Knox, Assistant District Attorney, Douglas, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1360

    The trial court did not err in failing to remove three jurors who discussed an unrelated robbery before being swo

  • Georgia Oilmen's Assoc. v. Georgia Dep't of Revenue

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Turner and Lou Litchfield Schulten, Ward & Turner LLP, Atlanta, for Georgia Oilmen's Assoc. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Deputy Attorney General, William W. Banks Jr. and John B. Ballard Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for Georgia Dep't of Revenue. Other party representation: Mark H. Cohen Troutman Sanders, Fred B. Kitchens Jr. Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Ga. Inc., and Ronald W. Rogers Stack & Rogers, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A03A0474; A03A0475

    Department of Revenue Rule 560-2-4-.02 correctly reflects the plain language of O.C.G.A. § 3-5-31 a and absolutely prohibits malt beverage retailers from buying beer from wholesalers outside of thei

  • Scara v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen J. Tuggle, Solicitor General, Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0022

    The evidence presented by the state showed compliance with O.C.G.A. § 40-6-392 and the corresponding Division of Forensic Services' methods and

  • Pregler v. C&Z Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-24
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kiser Kiser & Assocs., Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sharon T. McCoy and Lance T. McCoy Rich, Smith & McCoy, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0119

    A non-disclosure clause was unenforceable as to inform that was not a trade secret because the clause had no time limit

  • Anderson v. Amason

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Trent B. Speckhals and Hector R. Cora Speckhals & Cora, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew T. Allen, Edward A. Miller Webb, Zsckunke, Miller & Dikeman LLP, Atlanta, and John E. Stell Jr. Russell, Stell, Smith & McLocklin PC, Winder, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A0361

    Official immunity protected a volunteer firefighter who was involved in a deadly accident with plaintiff's wife while rushing to the scene of a head-on collision in a county rescue ve

  • Craft v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Anagnostakis, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: James R. Osborne, District Attorney, and Laura L. Herrin, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2197

    Evidence that the defendant shot victim in leg with rifle supported his aggravated assault convi

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-15
    Practice Area:
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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

  • Liberty Nat'l Life Ins. Co. v. Radiotherapy of Ga. PC

    Publication Date: 2001-12-14
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Wallace Speed Lowendick, Speed & Cuzdey LLC, Atlanta, and Lesli R. Seta Speed & Seta LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert M. Martin, Ruth H. Gershon Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Seaton D. Purdom, Linda A. Klein Gambrell & Stolz, Atlanta, Gene M. Winburn and John J. Barrow Winburn, Lewis & Barrow PC, Athens, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A1380

    Plaintiff failed to show that it reasonably relied on defendants' alleged misrepresentations regarding the reasonable and customary charges for certain cancer treat

  • Hawks v. Hinely

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Kraeuter, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles W. Snyder Jones, Boykin & Assocs., Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Steven E. Scheer, Savannah.

    Case Number: A01A1184; A01A1185; A01A1186

    The defendants' applications to recall the plaintiffs from public office constituted acts in furtherance of the right to petition the government to redress grievances within the meaning of the anti-

  • Page v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Scott T. Poole, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0735

    Defendant's possession of a device commonly used to avoid theft detection sensors supported his conviction for possession of crime