• Campbell v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amy H. McChesney and Andrew J. Saliba, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2527

    The officer's affidavit and oral testimony provided probable cause to issue the search warrant for defendant's

  • Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Croley

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Duke R. Groover Groover & Childs, Macon, and Charles W. Byrd, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Croley Jr., Fitzgerald, Gary C. Christy and Preyesh K. Maniklal Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, for appellee. Other party representation: Terry A. Dillard Dillard, Bower & Crowley, Waycross.

    Case Number: A03A0876

    The defendant was entitled to summary judgment on its former attorney's breach of contract claim because the oral agreement between the parties had no stated dur

  • Scraders v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura D. Hogue, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, and Eugene Felton Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2498

    The indictment against defendant was not perfect in form since it alleged only that the defendant's unlawful possession of a firearm caused the victim's unintentional

  • Bailey v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Killeen, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Julayaun M. Waters, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1233

    The jury charge, when read as a whole, adequately and fully instructed the jury on the issue of self-defense, including the statutory language of O.C.G.A. § 16

  • McCaskill v. Carillo

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis C. Shenck Hartford Ins., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens Ezor & Olens PC, Kenneth A. David, Michael R. Martin Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, and William H. Buckley, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1261

    The plaintiff failed to show that the def assumed any contractual duty to protect or warn employees of difference in height between a bare concrete floor and 3/8-inch thick carpet that the de

  • McMorris v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon D. Smith-Knox, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1563

    The defendant admitted that he pushed the victim on a bed, put his hand over her mouth, removed her clothing and attempted to penetrate her v

  • Ruffin v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia F. Angeli, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Kathryn O. Pulliam, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1733

    The trial court properly admitted the defendant's custodial statements because an officer advised him of his rights, he waived them, he was coherent, he did not appear to be under the influence of d

  • Adams v. Belote

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark W. Straughan Straughan & Straughan, McRae, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John T. McGoldrick Jr. Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, Macon, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A1077

    A property buyer was entitled to breach of warranty damages where his attorney erroneously informed that the sellers owned the property in question after he informed the attorney of a potential titl

  • Bond v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Lewis, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Stephen A. Fern, Assistant Solicitor, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2171

    The trial court properly sentenced the defendant under the f sentencing provision for escape since her underlying conviction was a f

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason R. Hasty, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Steven C. Chen, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2110

    The defendant's st ts to police were admissible, despite his ambiguous request for counsel, since he signed a waiver of rights form and initiated the encounter during which he gave his second s