• State v. Graddy

    Publication Date: 2003-07-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert B. Ellis Jr., District Attorney, and Timothy L. Eidson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Berrien L. Sutton, Homerville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0765

    The named informant's statement that he personally observed the manufacturing of methamphetamine at the defendant's home provided probable cause for the search wa

  • Easley v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Montgomery and Richard F. Connelly Jr. Hudson, Montgomery & Kalivoda, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Edward H. Brumby Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0674

    The trial court did not err in finding that the jury's first verdict contained mutually exclusive convictions for both aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter since the charges stemmed from

  • Clearwater Constr. Co. v. McClung

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Markle, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost, W. Andrew Maddox, Gainesville, Bryan A. Downs and Justin H. Hayes Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0325

    A judgment for the individual defendants on two of plaintiff's did not preclude an award of fees to plaintiff on her prevailing breach of warranty

  • Reese v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Wright, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Tuwanda R. Williams, Assistant City Attorney, and Chiquita T. Johnson City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A0896

    A police officer was officially immune from liability arising out of his arrest of the plaintiff for criminal trespass where the officer acted within his discretion and scope of auth

  • Bradford v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan J. Swingle University of Ga. Sch. of Law, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Athens, and Nicholas W. Chilivis District Attorney's Office, Watkinsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1351

    Any error in the introduction of improper similar transaction testimony was har

  • Miller v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Butler, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, C. Lance Cross and Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0913

    The officer did not conduct a warrantless search by taking a closer look at a cocaine-like substance in plain view on the kitchen counter in the defendant's apar

  • Multi-Media Holdings Inc. v. Piedmont Ctr. 15 LLC

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. King Greenberg Taurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cary Ichter and Matthew B. Ames Meadows, Ichter & Trigg, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0305

    The evidence supported the jury's finding that the defendant assumed a lease from its predecessor in int

  • Lanning v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer R. Kiser, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Anne E. Green and Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0329

    Similar transaction evidence that the defendant previously drove through a chain link fence and overturned a vehicle while intoxicated was admissible to show his bent of mind in driving after consum

  • Bowden v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0472

    The victim's identification of defendant as the man who put a gun to her head and demanded her purse supported his conviction for aggravated assault with intent to

  • Montgomery County v. Sharpe

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Malcolm F. Bryant Jr., Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard C. Kaufold Jr. Durden, Kaufold, Rice & Tribble, Vidalia, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0137

    A county that voluntarily paid the defendant commissions on automobile tag fees as part of her employment as tax commissioner could not recover its payment, even though defendant was not statutorily