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  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. West, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, and James L. Moss Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Jackson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2357

    The record belied the defendant's contention that the trial court failed to hold a hearing on the state's notice of intent to present evidence of two similar transac

  • Raith v. Blanchard

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian K. Panessa Panessa & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lynn M. Leonard, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1612

    The plaintiff did not assume the risk of her injuries by continuing to interact with the defendants' dog after he growled a

  • Treadwell v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Lenzer and Thomas P. Lenzer Lenzer & Lenzer, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1758

    Evidence that one co-defendant had talked about "burning" or shooting people and had recklessly fired a gun in the air days earlier, was inadmissible, since it did not relate to a present and immedi

  • Dunbar v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Persse, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, and Michael T. Muldrew, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee. Other party representation: Matthew K. Hube Hube & Tucker PC, Statesboro, and Jack E. Boone Jr., Augusta.
    Case Number: A04A1694

    The co-defe s statement that he participated in an armed robbery of a liquor store and that the money was split between several people did not directly inculpate the defe

  • Mills v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allison McCarthy Head, Thomas, Webb & Willis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Jessica K. Moss, Assistant Solicitor General, and Kisa D. Pangburn Solicitor General's Office, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2375

    A discrepancy between the defendant's age as stated in the accusation and her actual age did not constitute a fatal var

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul K. Cook, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, and Samuel H. Altman, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1730

    The defendant waived his Fourth Amendment objection to the admissibility of his custodial state

  • Ziegler v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan P. Waters, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Elizabeth K. Bobbitt, and Myra H. Kline, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1471

    The accomplices corroborated each other's testimony in which they implicated the defendant in the armed robberies of two restaurants on two subsequent n

  • Barrow v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Slemons, McDonough, for Barrow. Lloyd J. Matthews, McDonough, for Williams. Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Blair D. Mahaffey and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A04A1429; A04A1430

    Evidence that the cocaine, which the second defendant threw from the car the first defendant was driving, had a street value of approximately $2,500 was sufficient to show intent to distr

  • Crews v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lovett Bennett Jr., Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, and Mary K. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1354

    Consistent details of molestation by the four victims in separate interviews gave police probable cause for a warrant to search the defendant's

  • Hicks v. Sumter Bank & Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-09-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner and Katherine K. Wood Begner & Begner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimberly A. Reid Gardner, Wilis, Sweat & Goldsmith, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1511

    A bank could not be held liable for statements made by an independent surveyor/engineer whom the bank's vice-president hired to conduct a soil study on the secured pro