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  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean A. Black, Toccoa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, and Lisa A. Jones, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1158

    Evidence that the victim's mother suffered an emotional breakdown after learning that her daughter was molested was relevant to show her credibility and how she responded to the victim's o

  • Morrison v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shandor S. Badaruddin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Thomas A. Cole and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1177

    Repetitive Bruton objections to testimony about the co-defendants' statements would have served no purpose because defendant claimed he was coerced into participating in the c

  • In the Interest of S. H.

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra W. Hale, Lawrenceville, 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 John L. Welsh II, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Other party representation: Deborah L. Stone Gwinnett Juvenile Court, Lawrenceville.
    Case Number: A01A1391

    If it can be established that the putative paternal grandfather is a blood relative of the at issue, he must be investigated and considered as a possible placement for the

  • Banks v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. Day, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Jeffrey L. Foster, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0999

    The victim's prior unprosecuted rape accusations were inadmissible in the absence of evidence that the accusations were

  • Tecumseh Prods. Co. Inc. v. Rigdon

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Gordon and C. Todd Van Dyke Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jack J. Helms Jr. Helms & Helms PC, Homerville, and James D. Hudson, Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1484

    Defendant should have known about its employee's violent propensity because defendant previously fired the employee for his involvement in an altercation with his super

  • Biggs v. Heriot

    Publication Date: 2001-05-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Teague Jr. Wilson, Brock & Irby, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Theodore W. Robinson Carey, Jarrard & Walker, Gainesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0644

    The trial court erred in granting the plaintiffs' application for final judgment on an arbitration award without giving defendants an opportunity to object and to present evidence in support of thei

  • Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert J. Decusati McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James A. Goldstein and Peter A. Law, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2439

    Due to an improper jury charge on specific intent in the damages phase of plaintiff's trial, the judgment for plaintiff was affirmed on condition that she agrees to strike the award of punitive dam

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek H. Jones, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Eleanor A. Kornahrens, Maria B. Golick and Bruce D. Hornbuckle, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2193

    The evidence did not support defendant's aggravated battery conviction because the scratches and bruises which the victim suffered when defendant tried to rape her only temporarily impaired her appea

  • Jordan v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Millsaps, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, and William K. Wynne Jr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2031

    Trial co s decision not to call any defense witnesses in order to retain the right to open and close arguments did not constitute ineffective assistance of co

  • Wang v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert E. Shuman and Thomas R. Morgan Jr. Shuman & Assocs., Manchester, for appellant.
    for defendant: Evan R. Mermelstein, Bruce M. Edenfield Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, and Susan L. Rutherford, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2489

    The college dean and the college's chief academic officer were immune from liability for their actions in firing a non-tenured faculty member who was absent from the first week of classes without