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  • Woods v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus C. Chamblee Center for Prisoner's Legal Assistance, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2355

    Defendant presented no evidence that his counsel misrepresented how much of his sentence he would have to

  • Hill v. Centennial/Ashton Properties Corp.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Roberts The Roberts Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John K. Train IV Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Thomas A. Graham, Atlanta, and Warren R. Hinds, Roswell, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A2434

    The express language of the parties' contingency fee a nt provided for the calculation of attorneys' fees based on the attorney's hourly rate for work she performed prior to termination of the

  • Glover v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Stewart, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, James L. Wright III, Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0987

    Defendant failed to show that the jury foreman lied about his prior law enforcement experience on voir

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Hicks and James K. Luttrell, Woodstock, for Thomas. Carlton C. Carter, Canton, for Taborn. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick, Dana J. Norman, Jack E. Mallard, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S01A0146; S01A0321

    Evidence obtained by foreign police is generally admissible regardless of whether foreign authorities comply with the Fourth Amen

  • 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

  • Blake v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melvin Abercrombie Abercrombie Law Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Kristin L. Wood, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1857

    Evidence that defendant threatened to kill the mother of his child shortly before the victim's murder was admissible to rebut his insanity de

  • Berry v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Bishop, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and George W.K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1688

    Because defendant waited until the day before trial to file his motion to suppress and did not seek an extension from the trial court, he waived his right to challenge the admissibility of the evi

  • Mosley v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Herman M. Kilgore, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1201

    Defendant's possession of a knife at school supported his felony murder conviction because the knife escalated the defendant's schoolyard fight with the victim into a hom

  • Jakel v. Fountainhead Dev. Corp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Bellows, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark W. Alexander Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1239

    The contract entered into by plaintiff and subdivision developer was not an option contract, since it did not bind the developer to sell the lots to plaintiff, describe the property with particulari

  • Phagan v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1022

    The evidence showed that the burglar entered the automobile dealership through a broken window and that the defendant was arrested inside the dealership with a bleeding