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  • City of Byron v. Betancourt

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A99A2378, A99A2379

    The trial court's judgment that the city's annexation and rezoning of certain property was void was presumably correct, since the city failed to submit a transcript as part of the appellate r

  • Burleson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Pinnero, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: John R. Parks, District Attorney, Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A1178

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that defendant should have been considered for sentencing as a first offender since at the time he was sentenced, the law did not preclude t

  • Gordon v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven M. Frey, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Adrian Britt, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0332

    DEA agents could stop the defendant at the airport based on information provided by an unknown tipster since the agents confirmed that the defendant was a passenger on the identified flight and obse

  • In the Interest of A.W.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monica L.M. Wingler, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana M. Thompson, Canton, 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: Jeffrey L. Floyd, Jasper, David M. Rosenberg, Blue Ridge, and John P. Cheeley Cheeley & King PC, Duluth.
    Case Number: A99A1979

    Frivolous appeal damages of $1,000 imposed against father who appealed termination of his parental rights, since he stated at termination hearing that he wanted nothing to do with the baby resulting

  • Simmons v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry L. Miller and Gee G. Vaughn Mitchell & Mitchell, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert A. Cowan Kinney, Kemp, Sponcler, Joiner & Tharpe, Dalton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A1939

    Father was not liable under the family purpose doctrine for his 18-year-old son's accident, even though the father owned the wrecked truck, since the son did not live with his parents at the time of

  • Nelson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Orin L. Alexis, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Ann M. Elmore, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1964

    The trial court properly admitted defendant's prior robbery by force conviction, since the fact that it occurred 11 years ago did not make it dissimilar to the present armed robbery charges agains

  • Ceramic & Metal Coatings Corp. v. Hizer

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allan L. Parks Jr. and Mary A. Walser Parks, Chesin & Miller PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William G. Leonard, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A2069

    Employment agreement barring defendant from competing with his former employer in territories where he never worked and from seeking employment with a similar business was over

  • Goddard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Moulton, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, and Robert G. Mikell, Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1858

    The defendant's requested charge on alcohol concentration in relation to liters of breath was irrelevant and would have confused the

  • Patterson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie G. Patterson and Yasma Patterson, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary B. Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Christopher S. Brasher, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and James J. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1760

    Defendant had no standing to bring a constitutional challenge to the st criminalizing the playing of loud music in an automobile, since he was never charged with violating the st

  • Sexton v. Clayton County Tax Digest

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Lee Sexton & Assocs. PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald M. Comer II, Jonesboro, Brian R. Dempsey, Jack R. Hancock Hancock & Echols, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Laurel E. Henderson, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0379

    Trial court set an excessive millage rate for temporary collection of ad valorem taxes pending approval of county's tax digest, since that rate would allow the county to collect funds exceeding its b