• Gates v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfred F. Zachry, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Charles P. Boring Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, LaGrange, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1306

    An officer's testimony that he made two probable cause purchases of crack cocaine from defendant's residence when in fact a confidential informant made the purchases, did not demand a finding of pro

  • Finch v. Dasgupta

    Publication Date: 2001-10-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan B. Fecteau, Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, and Augustus T. Curtis, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1621

    Plaintiff's own testimony that she and defendant never agreed to live together as man and wife supported a finding that no common law marriage ex

  • Byrd v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teddy L. Henley, Rockmart, and Christopher A. Frazier, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tambra P. Colston, District Attorney, and C. Stephen Cox, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1345

    Defendant failed to show that a juror accessed her employer's records to inquire into defendant's hospital trea

  • Gilbert v. Montlick & Assocs. PC

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fred A. Gilbert, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth L. Milwood Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough and Craig E. Bertschi Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Michael J. Gorby and Martha D. Turner Gorby, Reeves, Peters & Burns PC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A00A2284; A00A2286

    Assignment of an attorney's to a third party did not affect the validity of the

  • Bedford v. Awod

    Publication Date: 2001-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy N. Toler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donald W. Osborne Law Office of Allen & Assocs., and Jay F. Eidex, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A2106

    The employee's timesheet provided only circumstantial evidence that he was acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the acc

  • Yates v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles G. Harbin Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan R. Tawse Jr., Solicitor General, and Arthur J. Creque, Assistant Solicitor General, Warner Robins, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A2245

    The trial court erred in denying a deaf defendant's motion to suppress his refusal to take a breath test because the arresting officer failed to obtain a qualified interpreter as required by O.C.G.A

  • Dickerson v. Dickerson

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth L. Shigley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard W. Hendrix Finch, McCranie, Brown & Thrash, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1992

    A prior judicial determination that petitioner was not decedent's common-law wife, precluded her from raising their alleged common-law marriage in her petition to set aside the appointment of decede

  • Brand v. Southern Employment Service

    Publication Date: 2001-02-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Stephen Hyles Hagler Hyles Adams & Hix, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Flowers Richard E. Flowers PC, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A2203

    An unincorporated proprietorship could not bring suit because it was not a legal e

  • Warren v. Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Hue Henry and Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, John B. Ballard Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, Oscar B. Fears III, Assistant Attorney General, and Letitia M. Brown King & Spalding, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: James C. Rawls Powell, Goldstein, Frazier & Murphy, George P. Shingler Casey, Gilson, Williams & Shingler, Randolph A. Mayer Mayer & Beal, Karen R. White Arrington & Hollowell PC, Floyd C. Newton III, Michael R. Smith King & Spalding and Carrie L. Christie Christie, Toreno & Hatcher LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A00A1841

    Plaintiffs' contribution of money to a charitable did not give them standing to maintain a suit to enforce the

  • Knight v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel N. Shiver, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, and Henry R. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0966

    There was sufficient evidence of defendant's intent to deprive the victims of their property at the time he received it from