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  • Silcox v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Millard G. Gouge, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0519

    Defense counsel engaged in trial tactics when he called defendant as the only defense witness, since he wished to retain the right to closing arguments and other witnesses' testimony would have been

  • Garrard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virgil L. Brown and Bentley C. Adams III Virgil L. Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Michael E. Hobbs, Deputy Attorney General, Patrick D. Deering Patrick D. Deering & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, and Robert G. Morton, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0324

    Defendant's indic on RICO charges in one county did not bar his subsequent indic on similar charges in another county, since different facts supported each indic

  • Nash v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony T. Pete, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, and James D. Love, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A0316

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that remanded the defendant's case so that he could attempt to prove his guilty plea was involu

  • Jones v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2000-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A99A2369

    The trial court properly dismissed defendant's answer and entered a forfeiture judgment against him since the answer was not verified and did not contain information regarding the seized property r

  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie G. Patterson and Yasma Patterson, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis J. Kirby, Solicitor General, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2501

    Even though the defendant only pleaded guilty to driving while a less safe driver, the trial court properly sentenced her to 24 hours in jail because she admitted that her blood alcohol level wa

  • Woodward v. Gray

    Publication Date: 2000-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Michael Agnew Agnew, Schlam & Bennett PC, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifton C. Fay, Assistant City Attorney, Columbus, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A2450

    Although police officer had no probable cause to arrest plaintiff for disobeying her order to move away while she arrested plaintiff's brother, the officer had official immunity since there was no e

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Alonza Whitaker, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2396

    The victim's in-court identification of defendant as the robber was not tainted by the show-up at the victim's home 10 days after the crime, since the victim based his testimony on several clear vie

  • Griffin v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Staci L. Guest, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2460

    Evidence that defendant had previously threatened two people with a handgun because he was angry at them was sufficiently similar to his shooting the victim and showed his propensity to settle dispu

  • Raley v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronnie J. Lane, Donalsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, and Minerva S. Cansino, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2410

    Evidence that defendant understood the charges against him, filled out a pre-printed form and orally answered 31 questions about his waiver of rights and pled guilty despite being informed that the

  • Burnette v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric A. Ballinger Conrad & Abernathy, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roger Queen, District Attorney, and William B. Britt, Assistant District Attorney, Ellijay, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2504, A99A2505

    Evidence that the state did not mail notice of trial to defendant's last known address as alleged in the indictment did not require his acquittal on bail jumping charges since defendant's attorney g