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  • Smith v. debis Fin. Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Smith, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. Lesley Annis Rachelson & White, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0960

    Where a defendant has actual notice of suit, O.C.G.A. § 9-11-4 d 7 is liberally construed to effectuate service and establish personal jurisdi

  • Hendrix v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel B. Simon III, Rockmart, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles A. Wiley Jr. Fair, Major, Wiley & Brennan PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1605

    Because O.C.G.A. § 33-34-3 d requires the defendant's insurance policy to provide excess coverage in an amount not less than the statutory minimum limits in effect on the date of the accident, a pol

  • Baker v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilda E. Brown, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Susan L. Henderson, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1376

    Defendant's conviction in recorder's for disorderly conduct did not bar his subsequent trial for reckless conduct and three counts of aggravated assault in superior

  • Edwards v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin G. Hilliard, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Gregory M. McConnell, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0966

    Defendant was not entitled to an out-of-time appeal where his failure to file a timely direct appeal resulted from his own conduct, not his trial counsel's

  • Carey v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricky W. Morris Jr. and Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, Michael A. Kay, Assistant Solicitor, and Courtney L. Johnson DeKalb County Solicitor General's Office, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1030

    Although the accusation only charged defendant with placing the arresting officers in reasonable fear of their safety, defendant could have looked at the disorderly conduct statute to conclude that

  • In the Interest of A. C.

    Publication Date: 2003-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark M. Irvin, Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tammy M. Griner, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1317

    The state failed to prove venue in Upson C

  • State v. Silva

    Publication Date: 2003-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason J. Deal, District Attorney, and E. Paul Staley, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Bennett Gaff, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1406

    Under the circumstances, the arresting officer was entitled to keep the defendant under investigatory detention until he determined whether there was a weapon under the seat of the defendant'

  • Ferguson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. Jones, Assistant Public Defender, Tara D. Dickerson Office of Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Richard R. Burris III, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0824

    The city's alleged failure to completely comply with the notice provisions of O.C.G.A. § 40-14-6 a for use of speed detection devices did not require exclusion of the radar evi

  • Hanson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Renate D. Moody, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, and Dorothy A. Vinson, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1469

    The trial court's error in admitting the cumulative hearsay statements of child witnesses was harmless, given the other admissible evidence of the victims' molest

  • Floyd v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J Farnham Farnham & Assocs., Social Circle, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Bryan H. Frost, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1153

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's Batson claim after the state gave race-neutral reasons for striking three African-American potential j