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  • Reeves v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julian M. Treadaway, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Jessica K. Moss, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, and Sandra G. Dawson, Assistant Solicitor, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1344

    Defendant fondled a wheelchair-bound resident at a special care fac

  • Spear v. Calhoun

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyce W. Bergman, Fairburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert M. Darroch and Gino L. Montoya Mabry & McClelland LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0392

    The owner of an apartment complex could not have foreseen the death of plaintiff's daughter who was hit by a stray bullet fired by a New Year's Eve re

  • 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

  • Anderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wanda S. Jackson, East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Layla V. Hinton, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0668

    The trial court erred in sentencing a defendant with a prior felony conviction to serve 365 in a state detention center for misdemeanor ba

  • Dix v. Shadeed

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. Bleiberg Hill & Bleiberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas S. Carlock and Ashley E. Taylor Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1333

    Since a DeKalb Count professional corporation was not operating as a medical practice during the plaintiff's treatment, the defending doctor did not provide medical services to the plaintiff as an a

  • Studenic v. Birk

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas J. Davis Davis Law Group PC and Wayne S. Tartline Belli, Weil, Grozbean & Davis LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John K. Moore and John H. Moore Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1844

    The trial court's sua sponte grant of summary judgment to the defendants was premature because the critical issue on which the trial court based its final judgment was one never before raised by the

  • RCG Properties LLC v. City of Atlanta Bd. Of Zoning Adjustment

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter M. Degnan and Candace N. Smith Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan P. Langford, David D. Blum, Lemuel H. Ward City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Christine K. Huffine, Lisa A. Wade and Bradley S. Wolff Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1669

    The superior court erred in dismissing the appeal of a decision of the city of Atlanta Board of Zoning Adjustment BZA for lack of standing because it was bound by the facts presented to the BZA and

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy T. Herring, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Chad M. Doleac, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2334

    The arresting officer had authority to detain the defendant for a reasonable amount of time following a valid traffic stop to determine the status of the defendant's li

  • Guillen v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah M. Vaughan and Eugene Novy Novy, James & Vaughan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1477

    The defendant failed to prove that she was insane when she kidnapped and stabbed a co-worker since she took methodical steps to implement her c

  • In Re: Morris Communications Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Hudson Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Augusta, and Katherine N. Lewis Holland & Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: Ronald E. Harrison II The Harrison Firm, Brunswick.
    Case Number: A02A0928

    The reporter's privilege did not apply to limited published information which the state sought to admit at a criminal defendant's robbery