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  • 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
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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
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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

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Gough, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Woodbine, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0525

    The trial court properly considered defendant's three prior habitual violator convictions for enhancement of sente

  • Bridges v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario S. Ninfo Ninfo & Ledbetter, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Alan A. Cook, Special Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0575

    Defendant's intent to escape could be inferred from his actions in posting bond on an unrelated charge following his conviction and 20-year sentence for bur

  • Brock v. Allen d/b/a Complete Pest Control

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna S. Golden, Jefferson, and Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles E. Rogers Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Joseph R. Cruser, Jennifer M. McBath Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Philip W. Savrin and Brian K. Schumacher Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0114

    A plaintiff can maintain a professional negligence claim against an extermi

  • HCP III Woodstock Inc. v. Healthcare Servs. Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold M. Bagley and Karen K. Karabinos Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles R. Beans Hawkins & Parnell, Burke B. Johnson Carter & Ansley, Mark T. Dietrichs and Erik S. Rodriguez Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A2308

    Employee's statement that dryer that allegedly caused fire at nursing home was defective was not admissible under O.C.G.A. § 24-3-31 to establish a jury issue concerning defendant's knowledge of the

  • In the Interest of J. V.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cassandra M. Ford, Milledgeville, 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, and Thomas J. O'Donnell, Milledgeville, for appellee. Other party representation: L. A. Browne Jr., Milledgeville.
    Case Number: A01A1629

    The mother had little contact with her children after they were placed in foster care, provided no financial support for the children and failed to meet her reunification require

  • In the Interest of M. E. A.

    Publication Date: 2002-02-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald E. Smith, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory K. Schwarz, Solicitor, and Lori B. Duff DeKalb County Juvenile Court, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1702

    An accomplice identified the juvenile defendant as the masked robber who wielded a large knife during the armed robbery of a pizza deliver