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  • Biggs v. Heriot

    Publication Date: 2001-05-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Teague Jr. Wilson, Brock & Irby, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Theodore W. Robinson Carey, Jarrard & Walker, Gainesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0644

    The trial court erred in granting the plaintiffs' application for final judgment on an arbitration award without giving defendants an opportunity to object and to present evidence in support of thei

  • Golden Peanut Co. v. Bass

    Publication Date: 2001-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Candace N. Smith and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird, Emmet J. Bondurant and Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin F. Easterlin IV, Griffin B. Bell, Michael C. Russ and John P Brumbaugh King & Spalding, for appellee. Other party representation: Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, Evans J. Plowden Jr. and Dawn G. Benson Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless, Albany.
    Case Number: A00A2362

    Evidence that a disputed payment was conditional on its acceptance as payment in full required the trial court to comply with a written request to issue part B of the pattern charge on accord and sa

  • Mathis v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Whitman, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, and Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1760

    O.C.G.A. § 16-5-44.1 d, which allows separate sentences for armed robbery and hijacking based on a single act of taking a vehicle, does not violate the constitutional prohibition against double jeo

  • 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

  • Coppock v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald W. Rogers, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gregory L. Bushway, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A2068

    Defendant's mental dexterity as exhibited during his videotaped confession supported the trial court's finding that the confession was volu

  • In the Interest of U.B. and V.B.

    Publication Date: 2000-12-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carol Bacon, Pembroke, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Sherri R. McDonald Newton, Smith, Durden, Kaufold & Rice, Vidalia, for appellee. Other party representation: Joseph D. McGovern, Glennville, and James L. Johnston Sr., Statesboro.
    Case Number: A00A2185

    Evidence that the children were returned to DFCS following attempted reunification on two prior occasions supported the finding that further reunification services should not be pro

  • Veasley v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra L. Michaels, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1349

    Defendant filed his notice of appeal from his convictions for murder, aggravated assault and cocaine possession more than 10 months after the court denied his motion for a new

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Alvera A. Wheeler, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1286

    Prior to submitting the case to the jury, the trial court properly removed a juror who said her religious beliefs prevented her from judging the defe

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tara L. Kneller, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Anna E. Green, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1165

    The interrogating officer did not threaten the defendant with increased punishment by telling the defendant that he was hanging himself with

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William T. Hankins III, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara D. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1025

    The defendant was not entitled to a jury instruction on identity since the state did not rely on eyewitness testimony to connect him to the c