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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore Johnson Johnson, Prioleau & Kenison LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Bettieanne C. Hart, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1978

    The trial court's oral denials of the defendant's motion for discharge and acquittal under O.C.G.A. § 17-7-171 b were not appea

  • Ellis v. Five Star Dodge Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas F. Jarriel Lane & Jarriel, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sarah Harper, O. Hale Almand Jr. and Samuel G. Alderman III Almand & Wiggins, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0348

    Defendant failed to show excusable neglect supporting the opening of default, since it did not make sure its insurance carrier had received plaintiff's complaint or that an answer was

  • Watts v. Promina Gwinnett Health Sys.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerome J. Froelich Jr., David M. Kupsky McKenney & Froelich, William R. Reece III Spix, Krup & Reece, Atlanta, Ellen M. Doyle and Richard A. Finberg, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert G. Tanner Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Robert D. McCallum Jr. Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and David S. Snyder, Pittsburgh, Pa.
    Case Number: A00A0368

    Plaintiff who voluntarily paid hospital's lien for treatment of her car accident injuries could not complain that the hospital charged more than allowed under its agreement with her health in

  • Schoen v. Cherokee County

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen F. Lanier, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert M. Mahler, Canton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A1670

    The Board of Commissioners did not violate Georgia's Open Meetings Act when it met with the county attorney to discuss a proposed consent order involving pending zoning litig

  • Huguley v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter M. Zeliff, Public Defender, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Maria Murcier-Ashley and Melissa L. Himes, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0639

    Defendant was not entitled to a charge on the lesser included offense of reckless conduct, since his admission that he fired the shots to warn the victims showed his intent to commit aggravated as

  • Jordan v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
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    Case Number: A00A0340

    Defendant's kidnapping conviction reversed since he seized the victim in Polk C but was tried in Cobb C

  • Widener v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. Duston Tapley Jr. Tapley & Assocs., Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: David B. Pittman, Solicitor General, Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1645

    Evidence that defendant was sitting within arm's reach of marijuana officers discovered on a coffee table and that his companions were smoking marijuana when police arrived supported his convi

  • Lowery v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. O'Dell, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tambra P. Colston, District Attorney, and Martha P. Jacobs, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0257

    Eyewitnesses' testimony that they saw defendant hit the victim with his gun and then shoot the victim supported his aggravated assault convi

  • O'Brien v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elaine T. McGruder, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Rand J. Csehy, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1876

    Defendant was not entitled to a new trial even though defense counsel confused the names of two jurors and struck the wrong one, because the juror who remained was not openly prejudiced against her

  • Neidiger/Tucker/Bruner Inc. v. SunTrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Larson Brock, Clay, Calhoun, Wilson & Rogers, Marietta, Frank W. Visciano and Luis Toro Senn, Lewis & Visciano PC, Denver, Colo., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert L. Rothman and Aaron M. Danzig Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0140

    Bank that acted as transfer agent for the sale of stock shares had a duty to disclose to the stockbroker who accepted those shares from a customer as margin trading collateral that the customer's r