• LaSonde v. Chase Mortgage Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack LaSonde, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. John C. Porter Jr. Sites & Harbison PLLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A02A2135

    Plaintiff could not maintain a claim against defendants for tortiously interfering with his right to execute a purchase option on a residential lease-sale agreement since the defendants held the not

  • Communications Network Servs. Inc. v. MCI Worldcom Communications Inc. f/k/a Worldcom Techs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-11-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Schweber Schweber, Izenson & Anderson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan L. Howick Macey, Wilensky, Cohen, Wittner & Kessler, and Robert Griffiths Klett, Rooney, Lieber & Schorling PC, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A1124

    Applicable federal tariffs authorized a telecommunication carrier to terminate service to the defendant when the defendant failed to make an advance payment on a $1.8 million

  • Conley v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-10-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Akil K. Secret Axam, Adams & Secret, Atlanta, and Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Herman M. Kilgore and Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1812

    Hearsay evidence that the 3-year old victim told a doctor that his father had burned him with a cigarette was admissible since both the doctor and the victim testified at

  • Naranjo v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Bradley, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Bonnie K. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1475

    The state showed that the defendant entered his guilty plea freely and volunt

  • Duke v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony S. Carter, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Charles E. Rooks, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1967

    The state failed to show that the collective knowledge of law enforcement officers justified a Terry stop based on a 911 dispatch which provided a description of defendant's ve

  • In the Interest of J. R. H.

    Publication Date: 2002-09-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Darden and Jennifer R. Burns Darden, Burns & Burns LLP, Savannah, 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 and Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Leo G. Beckmann Jr. Beckman & Lewis LLP, Savannah.

    Case Number: A02A1229

    The incarcerated father's failure to bond with his child or provide for her support and care supported the termination of his parental r

  • State v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald N. Blaney Sr., Solicitor, and Gary S. Vey. Assistant Solicitor, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard T. Ryczek Jr., and Wystan B. Getz Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1109

    The solicitor had authority to request that defendant's DUI charges be tried in state court, regardless of whether defendant elected to have the charges treated as state off

  • Morris v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas L. Cole Cole & Fleming PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Michael K. Dennard, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1517

    Defendant's contention that the state failed to make a prima facie showing of racial discrimination became moot when he proffered his purportedly race-neutral reasons for striking a challenged

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Elizabeth Lane, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, Katherine K. Lumsden and Amy E. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1456

    The evidence, including defendant's own admissions that his house and shop where the crimes occurred are located in Houston County, established venue beyond a reasonable

  • Hamby v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-23
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. LaMalva and Paul J. Oeland IV, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1596

    Defendant's speeding conviction did not merge with his vehicular homicide conviction which was based on the separate underlying offense of failure to exercise due care for pedestrians in the r