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  • Milby v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Tara M. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0431

    An officer's general practice of patting down anyone who exits a car does not provide a reasonable basis for concluding that the subject is a threat to the officer's s

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin W. Drummond and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorneys, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1103

    Application of Georgia's rape-shield statute to irrelevant evidence about the victim's relationship with her ex-boyfriend did not violate the defendant's confrontation

  • Ades v. Werther

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hayes M. Dever, Michael F. O'Neill and Alison D. Arce Dever & Merlin LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Ross, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0458

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the plaintiff based on the theory of unjust enrichment where the evidence showed the existence of a con

  • Warren v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Kam Kam & Ebersbach PC, Newnan, and Valerie C. Cooke, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2210

    The defendants were not unreasonably detained when a drug dog conducted an exterior free air sniff of their vehicle since the driver consented to a plain view search and the dog was already present

  • Villegas v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter R. Hill, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Allen D. Morris, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0481

    Defendant waived his right to assert additional objections to the trial court's charge on entra

  • Butler v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Stubbs III Banks, Stubbs, Neville & Cunat LLP, Cumming, and Dana A. Azar, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Browning and Carla F. Bright Browning & Tanksley, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus appellants: Ashley Carraway Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Nancy R. Lindbloom Georgia Legal Servs. Program Inc., David A. Webster, Eric G. Kocher, Vicky O. Kimbrell, Lisa J. Krisher and Phyllis J. Holmen, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S00G1928

    The consent judgment that defendant signed in a prior Department of Human Resources suit for child support was not res judicata as to his representations of his income because plaintiff was not a p

  • 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

  • Kmart Corp. v. Morris

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Grant Alston & Bird, and Nowell D. Berreth, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan C. Peters, Michael T. Carithers and Allen S. Willingham Love & Willingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1166

    Evidence that the premises owner knew an automatic door would open towards incoming patrons under certain circumstances supported a finding that its knowledge of the danger was superior to plaint

  • Satterwhite v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T. Blackmon and Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0536

    The trial court properly admitted defendant's statement about raping a 4-year-old while he was on juvenile probation since the statement was knowing and voluntary under the totality of the circumst

  • Harris v. Distinctive Builders Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas C. Harney Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Michael T. Carithers Love, Willingham, Peters, Gilleland & Monyak, Atlanta, for Harris. Craig A. Gillen Gillen, Cromwell, Withers & Brantley, Atlanta, for Dolive. Adam M. Gleklen and Michael Weinstock Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for Distinctive Builders.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0665; A01A0666

    The parties did not enter into an enforceable real estate sales contract involving trust property because plaintiff's offer was conditioned on obtaining the co-trustee's signature and the co-truste