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  • State v. Cauley

    Publication Date: 2006-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Timothy M. Marlow District Attorney's Office, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: A. James Rockefeller The Rockefeller Law Ctr., Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1208

    A parole officer's search pursuant to a special condition of the defendant's parole was valid because officers had reasonable grounds to believe that his vehicle contained

  • State v. Stafford

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Nancy G. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael L. Edwards Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1849

    In the absence of prejudice, the state's failure to sign or date the copy of the search warrant it left with the defendant was a "technical" violation of O.C.G.A. § 17-5-25, which did not constitute

  • Young v. Oak Leaf Builders Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon A. Van Gelderen and Stephen M. Levinson Leon Van Gelderen PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Larry E. Stewart, Lawrenceville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1920

    A factual question remained as to whether the plaintiffs intended to waive their right to demand workmanlike performance on the construction of their new home when they proceeding with the closing,

  • Hill v. Paluzzi

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hayes M. Dever and Patricia J. Duffy Friedman, Dever & Merlin LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Gregg Loomis, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0213

    A monetary payment provided for in a consent decree between a developer and a group of condominium owners was not enforceable through contempt procee

  • Hendrix v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen J. Tuggle, Solicitor General, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2175

    The officer's refusal to drive the de t's 50 miles round trip to accommodate his request to have independent chemical testing done at the hospital of his choice did not constitute a denial of d

  • Gooch v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-06-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman S. Gunter, District Attorney, and Lynn M. Akeley-Alderman District Attorney's Office, Dahlonega, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0123

    The trial court erred in sentencing defendant for selling methamphetamine after directing a verdict of acquittal on that

  • Chaney v. Burdett

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Gaulden Jr., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. William Haley Perrie, Buker, Jones & Morton PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1895

    Because the surviving partner elected to continue the business following dissolution of the par ip by operation of law, the deceased partner's widow had no right to compel liquidation of the pa

  • Arnold v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan J. Baverman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Timothy B. Lumpkin, Assistant District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2375

    Evidence that defendant threatened to shoot one of the arresting officers supported his convi for felony obstru