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  • Willard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Martin and Frank K. Martin The Martin Firm, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Jeffrey W. Hunt, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0206

    The state's grant of immunity to accomplice removed any right he had to invoke the privilege against self-incrimination when the state called him to testify against the defen

  • White v. Traino

    Publication Date: 2000-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael E. Garner, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eugene H. Polleys Jr., City Attorney, and Frank K. Martin, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0129

    Plaintiffs who were detained briefly during the execution of a lawful search warrant had no claim for false impriso

  • Kinman v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley R. Durden, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, Solicitor, and Phillip C. Griffeth, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2353

    Arresting officer's testimony that officer who initially stopped defendant requested his help with "a suspected DUI" provided sufficient evidence to justify arresting officer's conducting field sobr

  • Holmes v. Achor Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George O. Lawson Jr. and Alton Hornsby II Lawson & Thornton, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Milton B. Satcher III Jennings, Sparwath & Satcher LLP, Marietta, and Anna C. Palazzolo Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Maureen M. Middleton Freeman, Mathis & Gary, Overtis H. Brantley Office of County Attorney and Rolesia D.B. Dancy, Associate City Attorney, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A99A1924

    It was reasonable for the defendants to believe that the plaintiff was criminally trespassing on their property because the plaintiff had been banned from the property and the injunction which gave

  • Mullinax v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2212

    The state adequately informed the defendant of its intention to introduce his prior convictions in aggravation of his sentence when it orally discussed his prior record and the recidivist statute wi

  • Gilmore v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larkin M. Lee and Bentley C. Adams III Virgil Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Mark S. Daniel, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, Barnesville, and James L. Moss Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Jackson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2367

    Evidence supported the trial court's determination that the defendant's driving ability was impaired at the time of the accident even though the defendant claimed that the alcohol in his system was