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  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan R. Melnick, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0212

    The inte ng officer explicitly misled the defendant into believing that the decision to arrest and charge him would hinge upon the content of his inte

  • Nugent v. Suntrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin L. Fierman, Eatonton, for Nugent. Tilman E. Self III, Macon, for Ray. William K. Carmichael Stokes, Lazarus & Carmichael, and Thomas V. Keough, Atlanta, for Suntrust Bank.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A1530; A03A1531

    Defendants unambiguously agreed to be jointly and severally liable for full payment of a credit card account when they signed a "Business Card Application" in their individual cap

  • Roebuck v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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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 District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0860

    An expert's reliance on hearsay affects the weight, not the admissibility of the expert's op

  • State v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bart G. Altman and Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1526

    The trial court erred in finding that a densely wooded swamp area outside the curtilage of the defendant's home was not an "open field" for purposes of Fourth Amendment ana

  • Georgia Dep't of Community Health, Div. of Health Planning v. Gwinnett Hosp. Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-09-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Robert S. Bomar, Clyde L. Reese, Deputy Attorneys General, Harold D. Melton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Sidney R. Barrett Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, and James D. Coots, Atlanta, for Georgia Dep't of Community Health. Jeffrey C. Baxter, Stanley S. Jones Jr. and Jennifer D. Malinovsky Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Atlanta, for EHCA LLC. Randall L. Hughes, Adrienne E. Marting, Charlotte A. Combre And John S. Rees Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, for Gwinnett Hosp. Sys. Alexander S. Clay Kilpatrick & Cody, John W. Ray, Dawnmarie Rodziewicz and James M. Sherman Ray & Sherman, Atlanta, for Saint Joseph's Hosp. Other Party Representation: Kathy K. Dorough Dorough & Dorough LLC, Decatur.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A1214; A03A1215; A03A1216; A03A1217

    The provisions of O.C.G.A. § 31-6-2 14, including the 12-month service rule, establish when an institution must apply for a hospital certificate of need, not whether an application is for a "new" or

  • City of Atlanta v. Conner

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Bernard R. Thomas Sr., Senior Assistant City Attorney, and Michelle L. Thomas City of Atlanta, Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Gary J. Leshaw, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0174

    The trial court determine the fair market value of th ntiff's home before it could award damages for the city's breach of a rehabilitation program contract, which resulted in deterioration of t

  • Richey v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin G. Hilliard, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Nancy G. Brimberry, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0774

    Defendant shot the victim with a rifle after the victim and his friend followed the defendant to a nearby apartment complex to ascertain why the defendant threatene

  • Powell v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reed Edmondson Jr., Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0092

    The defendant failed to carry his burden of showing that his trial counsel was ineffe

  • City of Atlanta v. Lane

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Rosalind R. Newell, Karen E. Woodward and Kristen E. Brooks, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William J. McKenney McKenney & Froelich, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1805

    A former police officer was entitled to reinstatement as a city employee and entitled to back compensation since the city did not appeal the Civil Service Board's decision reversing the defendant's

  • Parks v. Hyundai Motor Am. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rita T. Williams Williams & Assocs., Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank F. Middleton IV, Charles K. Reed, Jill C. Kuhn McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, and Stephen P. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, McDonough, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1138; A02A1139

    The trial court prematurely granted summary judgment to an automobile distributor in the plaintiffs' injury and wrongful death suits where evidence showed that the distributor was less than forthrig