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  • Bolden v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bobby D. Wilson, Roswell, for Bolden. Luana K. Walsh, Atlanta, for Lindsey. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Julie A. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04A1473; S04A1526

    Defendant's pre-Miranda statement was admissible, even though she made the statement after police transported her to the station in handcuffs, since the handcuffs were merely a safety measure for th

  • Davis v. Crum

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent D. Sowerby, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brenda K. Katz Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1170

    A Landlord was not liable for injuries its tenant's sustained when he was beaten at a neighbor's trailer in the landlord's trailer park, because the tenant was aware of the danger of approaching a g

  • Wright v. Pine Hills Country Club Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl V. Walters, Thomas E. Pujadas Walters, Davis, Meeks & Pujadas, Ocilla, and Robert E. Sherrell Jay, Sherrell, Smith & Braddy PC, Fitzgerald, for Wright. Mary M. Katz Chambless, Higdon & Carson, Macon, for Pine Hills Country Club Inc. William P. Langdale III Langdale & Vallotton LLP, Valdosta, Craig N. Cowart Miller, Cowart, Cates & Howe LLP, Macon, for Newspaper Holdings Inc. E. B. Wilkin Jr., Perry & Walters, Albany, for State Farm.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0178; A03A0179

    The plaintiff presented no expert testimony contradicting the defendants' evidence that a newspaper reporter was not noticeably intoxicated when the defendants served her al

  • Flynn v. Mack

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenda K. Katz-Flexer Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scot V. Pool, Morton G. Forbes Forbes & Bowman, Savannah, Jack Hutto, and Karen M. Krider, Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: Willis H. Blacknall III, Waycross.
    Case Number: A03A0503

    The trial court erred in permitting the jury to decide the question of property damage to plaintiff's vehicle where the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to establish the fair market valu

  • Gibbs v. Loomis, Fargo & Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert N. Katz Hewitt, Katz, Stepp & Wright, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lynn M. Roberson Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1755

    Defendants had probable cause to believe that the plaintiff was guilty of

  • Holmes v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General,, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0004

    The omission of a sua sponte charge on the specific forcible felony underlying a defendant's justification charge is not harmful as a matter o

  • Tessmer v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra J. Popson Katz, Flatau, Popson & Boyer LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, Paul E. Hemmann, Assistant District Attorney, Barnesville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1397

    Th evidence supported the battered police woman's felony murder conviction for shooting her husband in the chest after he rape

  • Woodruff v. Woodruff

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip T. Raymond III and Susan D. Raymond Shaffer, Raymond & Dalton, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry W. Brimberry Brimberry, Kaplan & Brimberry PC, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0744

    Trial court abused its discretion in ruling that father could have no contact with his children based on inadmissible hearsay accusations in his divorce action that he molested

  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Healan III, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1490

    O.C.G.A. § 24-9-40 a violates the Georgia Constitution's right to privacy to the extent it allows a health care provider to release medical records on subpoena by the

  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hurl R. Taylor Jr., Ellenwood, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard, District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Peggy A. Katz, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel G. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0136

    Defendant's attorney was not ineffective just because he failed to submit written requests to charge, since he participated in the charge conference and orally requested ch