• State v. Hart

    Publication Date: 2003-09-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth B. Hodges III, Leah Elizabeth McEwen, District Attorneys, and Alex J. Kaplan Dougherty County District Attorney's Office, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Vaknin, Albany, for appellee. Other party representation: Robert B. Ellis Jr., District Attorney, Nashville, Norman S. Gunter, District Attorney, Cleveland, and Alvin G. Hollingshed Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Ga., Atlanta.

    Case Number: A03A1519

    O.C.G.A. § 17-10-1 f did not alter or supercede the trial court's inherent power to conform defendant's sentence to the trial court's original i

  • McConnell v. Akins

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl G. Fulp III Fulp & Holt, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glenn Whitley Reinhardt, Whitley & Wilmot, Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1249

    The trial court did not err in excusing a juror who clearly stated that she was biased against the defe

  • Weldon v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Wadkins, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Stacey S. Jackson, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1004

    Although the 23-month delay in retrying the defendant was presumptively prejudicial, the state did not violate the defendant's constitutional rights under the circumst

  • Bell v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. McNeill, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1329

    The trial court did not err in allowing a store security agent to testify regarding his personal knowledge of the price of each stolen

  • State v. Flores

    Publication Date: 2003-08-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Shawn E. LagGrua and Alison T. Burleson, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry A. Hibbert, William G. Cromwell Cromwell & Hibbert, Atlanta, and Corinne M. Mull, Assistant Public Defender, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0612

    The narcotics officers' 3-month surveillance of suspected drug activities at an apartment provided probable cause for an investigatory stop of defendants' vehicles after they left the apartment on

  • Duvall v. Green

    Publication Date: 2003-08-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julius W. Peek Jr. Shaw, Maddox, Graham, Monk & Boling, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: H. Harold Chambers Jr., Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1181

    Plaintiff who slipped on defendant's stairs failed to rebut defendant's affidavit testimony that the stairs were properly constructed and maint

  • In the Interest of C. B. H.

    Publication Date: 2003-08-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark J. Nathan, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Leo G. Beckmann Jr. and Linda J. Carter, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1062

    Both past and present evidence of deprivation supported the termination of the incarcerated mother's parental r

  • Bonner v. Brunson

    Publication Date: 2003-08-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter C. hartridge, Edgar P. Williams and David M. Conner Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David H. Johnson McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1514

    The individual defendant was not personally liable for his limited liability company's alleged debt because there was no evidence that he abused the form of the LLC by commingling or confusing LLC b

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela D. Duncan, Lawrenceville, for Smith. Tyrone M. Hodnett II, Norcross, for Caldwell. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Julie L. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for the state.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A03A0669; A03A0673

    Although the investigating officer violated the Fourth Amendment when he leaned through the doorway of an apa and saw stolen property, the seized evidence was admissible as the fruit of the ap

  • Woodward v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adeline A. Johnson Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0559

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in shortening the time required for the state to file notice of its intent to introduce similar transaction evidence where defense counsel knew the state