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  • Worsham v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Lee Sexton & Assocs. PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, James L. Wright III and Sandra A. Graves, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2327

    Although the arresting officer followed defendant's truck under the mistaken belief that his registration had expired, he was authorized to initiate a traffic stop after observing defendant violate

  • Stanton v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel G. Oliver, Glennville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Hinesville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0600

    Defendant could not be convicted of both murder and being an accessory after the

  • Cobb County v. Crusselle

    Publication Date: 2001-06-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garvis L. Sams Jr. and Mitchell K. Greene Sams & Larkin LLP, Marietta, for Crusselle. John D. Thalhimer and T. Bart Gary Freeman, Mathis & Gray LLP, Atlanta, for Cobb County.
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    Case Number: S01A0474, S01A0476

    County's development standard requiring approval of sewer systems by registered civil engineers does not unconstitutionally conflict with the practice of land surveying as defined in O.C.G.A. § 43-1

  • Carter v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III, Stockbridge, for Carter. James W. Bradley, Jonesboro, for Freeman. Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Jack S. Jennings, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A01A0010; A01A0011

    The state's explanation for striking a prospective juror whose friends lived in defendants' apartment complex supported the trial court's denial of defendants' Batson chal

  • Givens v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone and Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Jon Hope, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General,, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0509

    The witness's testimony that defendant promised to give him insurance money for killing the victim satisfied the nexus requirement for admission of evidence of a life insurance p

  • Prater v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-04-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Cauthorn III Cauthorn & Phillips, Marietta, for Prater. Marc D. Cella, Marietta, for Thomas. Alan J. Baverman, Atlanta, for Tomlinson. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick, Eleanor A. Kornahrens, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S00A1684; S00A1685; S00A1686

    State's failure to seek convictions for felony murder based on the lesser included offense of attempted armed robbery in defendants' first trial barred any retrial for that

  • Brown v. Liberty County

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald J. Freeman and Thomas A. Cox Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James N. Osteen, Luther K. Davis Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, Dow N. Kirkpatrick II, Kenneth D. Steele Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Alycia D. Foggs-Anderson, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2413, A00A2414, A00A2415

    The trial court was not required to hold a sua sponte evidentiary hearing before determining the amount of attorneys' fees a tax commissioner owed the county because she consented to the court-order

  • State v. Freeman

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, and Robert D. Cullifer, Assistant District Attorney, Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellants: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S00A1108

    The defendant's convictions for being a party to the felony murder and for hindering the apprehension of the murderer were mutually excl

  • Holiday v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger J. Dodd and Sam D. Dennis Dodd & Dennis PC, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Bradley M. Shealy, J. Bennett Threlkeld, Assistant District Attorneys, Valdosta, Charles M. Stines, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0886

    The trial court properly admitted the prior inconsistent statements of three witnesses who testified at trial based on facts showing that the statements were voluntary and reliable under the circumst

  • Camphor v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0106

    The modification of defendant's pretrial bond to include a condition that he stay away from his ex-wife did not entitle defendant to the minimal due process required when a bond is re