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  • Lloyd v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven A. Cook, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Andrew J. Saliba, Assistant District Attorney, Debra H. Bernes, Assistant District Attorney, and Maria B. Golick, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0654

    The officer was justified in stopping the defendant since he matched the description of a person who fled an earlier traffic stop and he jumped in a car and tried to flee when the officer asked him

  • Bradford v. City of Albany

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leonard Farkas Farkas & Ledford, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry E. Williams, Albany, for appellee. Other party representation: George P. Donaldson III Donaldson, Bell & Pickett, Albany.
    Case Number: A00A0472

    Defendant's opinion testimony regarding the value of equipment he left on tiff's work site, without any evidence of how he calculated that value, was insufficient to support his set-off claim i

  • Sanders v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Tyndall Moore, Chambliss & Allen, Moultrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Andrew W. Pope, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, Anthony S. Gunn and Wesley J. Lewis, Assistant District Attorneys, Moultrie, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0697

    The trial court properly ordered defendant's removal from the courtroom after he repeatedly interrupted the proceedings and stated that he would continue to

  • Holder v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Rutkowski, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip C. Smith, District Attorney, and Sandra A. Partridge, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0490

    Defendant could not be convicted for deposit account fraud for issuing a bad check for the victim's profit share in defendant's membership corporation, since the victim gave nothing of value in exch

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caesar J. Burch and Emory B. Bazemore, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2166

    The defendant was not in-custody when he went to the police station and voluntarily gave his statement because he was not under arrest and was free to leave at any

  • In the Interest of T.M.S. & C.M.P.L.S.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Morgan Steven L. Morgan PC, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: James A. Chamberlin Jr., Brunswick, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A99A2399

    Evidence that 17-year-old mother had a borderline personality disorder, made no effort to maintain employment and did not meet reunification plan goals supported termination of her parental rights t

  • Willingham v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia F. Angeli, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Erman J. Tanjuatco, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2452

    The victim's pretrial identification of the defendant from a photo lineup supported his conviction, even though the officer constructed the lineup based on information from the defendant's accom

  • Stiles v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillip G. Cody Jr. McDonald & Cody Law Offices, Cornelia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, and Earnest J. McCollum, Assistant District Attorney, Clarkesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0597

    The trial court should have instructed the jury on sel nse as to defendant's cruelty to children charge, since the state could not prove the essential element of malice if defendant acted in se

  • Scott v. Mamari Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle L. Davis Newman, Sapp & Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Douglas Stewart Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1757

    The plaintiff was only an incidental beneficiary of the loan agreements between the defendant's predecessor-in-interest and the resort where the plaintiff performed reconstruction

  • 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