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  • Carson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia F. Angeli, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Bonnie K. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1032

    The court properly excluded irrelevant evidence that the arresting officer made an improper statement to potential jurors during defendant's first

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, and Theresa S. Starkes, Assistant Solicitor General, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0576

    Defense counsel waived defendant's right to automatic discharge and dismissal by seeking multiple leaves of absence and consenting to have defendant's trial date reset outside of the allowable time p

  • Henderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gilbert J. Murrah, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0364

    The officer's questions about weapons and drugs and request for consent to search did not prolong, continue or otherwise extend defendant's lawful detention for a seat belt viol

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luana K. Walsh, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0340

    Evidence that defendant drove off with the victim holding onto his truck, ran two stop signs and drove from side to side, attempting to dislodge her supported his convi

  • Giraldo v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William G. Quinn III, Decatur, for Giraldo. Stephen T. Maples, Bernard Knight and Karlyn Skall, Decatur, for Brutus. J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Kristin M. Childers and Gregory K. Schwarz, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee. Other party representation: William C. Puckett Jr. and William G. Quinn III, Decatur.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A00A2037; A00A2038

    Police are authorized to retain non-Schedule I drugs confiscated in previous investigations and use them in reverse-sting operations so long as the origin of the drugs is documented and forfeiture p

  • The Best Jewelry Mfg. Co. Inc. v. ARC Sec. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael N. Weathersby and Roger C. Wilson Evert & Weathersby, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Malcolm Smith Lokey & Smith, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Sewell K. Loggins and Jennifer E. Theobold Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP, David M. Brown and Jason S. Bell Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A01A0433

    The plaintiff's suit arising out of a jewelry theft at an airport security checkpoint was barred by the 2-year time limitation on claims for loss or damage to baggage which was expressly incorporat

  • Giraldo v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William G. Quinn III, Decatur, for Giraldo. Stephen T. Maples, Bernard Knight and Karlyn Skall, Decatur, for Brutus. J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Kristin M. Childers and Gregory K. Schwarz, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee. Other party representation: William C. Puckett Jr. and William G. Quinn III, Decatur.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A00A2037; A00A2038

    Police are authorized to retain non-Schedule I drugs confiscated in previous investigations and use them in reverse-sting operations so long as the origin of the drugs has been documented and forfei

  • In the Interest of A. R.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sam F. Little Little, Adams, Bates & Kelehear PC, Dalton, 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, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Cynthia N. Johnson Waycaster, Johnson, Morris & Dean, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2472

    Parents waived requirement that all proceedings in a deprivation a must be recorded when their attorney permitted an in-chambers interview with one of the children without obje

  • Graff v. McReynolds & Assocs. PC-Profit Sharing Plan

    Publication Date: 2001-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth L. Levy Zachary & Seagraves PA and John W. Lawson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry S. McReynolds Smith, Howard & Ajax, John D. Sours, Mark D. Gropp Wasson, Sours & Harris PC, Atlanta, Timothy K. King Carl H. Hodges 7 Assocs., Jonesboro, and James D. Windham Windham, Hughes & Sauls PC, Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1869

    The plaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment against an individual defendant in its suit on a corporate note because the plaintiff did not allege the basis for defendant's personal liab

  • Hamilton v. Kentucky Fried Chicken of Valdosta Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark G. Pitts and John H. Beauchamp Beauchamp & Assocs., Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: William C. Sanders Alexander & Vann, Thomasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2057

    Premises owner's failure to turn on its parking lot lights raised a jury issue as to whether plaintiff failed to exercise ordinary care when she tripped and fell over a raised curb in the dark, even