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  • Walton v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brooks S. Franklin and Mary E. Lysak Franklin, Moran & Boyle, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0183

    The trial court did not decline to exercise its discretion in stating that it had no choice, but to mandate a 20-year sentence for defendant's third burglary convi

  • McNeece v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T. Blackmon Thomason & Blackmon PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1598

    The officer who was on the lookout for any whit in the area lacked probable cause to stop the defendant just because he was driving a whit

  • Security Life Ins. Co. of Am. v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Barwick, Teresa W. Roseborough, Robert J. Neis, Amelia T. Rudolph and Carla W. McMillian Sutherland, Asbill & Brennann LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Preyesh K. Maniklal, Hardy Gregory Jr., Davis, Gregory, Christy & Forehand, Cordele, William S. Stone and Kevin R. Dean William S. Stone PC, Blakely, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Harold G. Clarke Troutman Sanders, George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico, Allen S. Willingham Love & Willingham, Lewis E. Hassett Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, Thomas C. Alexander Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, Billy N. Jones Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, Peter R. Chaffetz, Thomas J. McCormack and Stanley B. Lutz Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, Victoria E. Fimea, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: S00G0006

    The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals' decision in Security Life Ins. Co. v. Clark, 239 Ga. App. 690 1999, holding that it violated the law of the case doctrine on remand from the Supreme

  • Welker v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1866

    Given evidence that the murder victim made several death threats, the trial court did not reversibly err in excluding additional evidence that he threatened to pistol whip an unidentified p

  • Turner v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word Word & Simmons PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0914

    The pipe bombs, hand grenades and other items seized from defendant's bedroom supported his conviction for manufacturing an explosive d

  • Stephens v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0974, A00A0975

    Trial court impermissibly commented on the evidence by charging that the jury was bound to disbelieve incredible, impossible or inherently improbable testimony, since the defendants' story that the

  • Security Life Ins. Co. of Am. v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Barwick, Teresa W. Roseborough, Robert J. Neis, Amelia T. Rudolph and Carla W. McMillian Sutherland, Asbill & Brennann LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Preyesh K. Maniklal, Hardy Gregory Jr., Davis, Gregory, Christy & Forehand, Cordele, William S. Stone and Kevin R. Dean William S. Stone PC, Blakely, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Harold G. Clarke Troutman Sanders, George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico, Allen S. Willingham Love & Willingham, Lewis E. Hassett Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, Thomas C. Alexander Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, Billy N. Jones Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, Peter R. Chaffetz, Thomas J. McCormack and Stanley B. Lutz Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, Victoria E. Fimea, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: S00G0006

    The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals' decision in Security Life Ins. Co. v. Clark, 239 Ga. App. 690 1999, holding that it violated the law of the case doctrine on remand from the Supreme

  • Terrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Gomez, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0442

    Defendant's conviction could not stand because the state failed to prove that victim was under 16 years old when defendant allegedly moleste

  • Cartel Realty Inc. v. Southern Bearings & Parts Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Mills, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Allen E. Lockerman IV Newman, Sapp & Davis LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0584

    Real estate agent who negotiated briefly with seller before buyer negotiated the sale through seller's exclusive listing agency was not entitled to a commi

  • Artzner v. A & A Exterminators Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carol V. Clark and Peter L. Lublin McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . G. Melton Mobley Lokey & Smith, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Allen R. Hirons Krause & Hirons, Marietta.
    Case Number: A00A0620

    The plaintiffs could not rely on a termite inspection report that stated there was no active infestation in the home they purchased from the defendant since they knew the home had prior termite dam