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  • Nealy v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Bishop, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and George W.K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1453

    Defendant could not show prejudice from his counsel's failure to demand a speedy because he was not harmed by the 18-month delay between his arrest and

  • General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nolan C. Leake, L. Wayne Pressgrove Jr. and Felton E. Parrish King & Spalding, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Deputy Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, David A. Runnion, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: William J. Holley II, Charles W. Lyons Parker, Rainer & Dobbs LLP, Atlanta, David E. Otero and Peter O. Larsen Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson PA, Jacksonville, Fla.
    Case Number: A00A1315

    General Motors Acceptance Corporation is not a person entitled to seek a deduction for bad debts under the Sales and Use Tax Act, O.C.G.A. § 48-8

  • Thorne v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George D. Bush, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1252

    Given the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt, the trial court's failure to grant a sua sponte mistrial after the state's breach of the defendant's attorney-client privilege was not reversibl

  • Berry v. Hamilton

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Brantley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas D. Harper Harper, Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, and Joseph C. Parker Downey & Cleveland, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1928

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to the defendant, who drove over the victim's body on the interstate, because there was no evidence that the victim was alive when he hi

  • Wolf v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ann C. Stahl, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Calhoun, and Sharon M. Fox, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2364

    The mother's failure to seek medical treatment for her severely burned 3-year-old supported her child cruelty convi

  • State v. Towe

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger Queen, District Attorney, Ellijay, and William W. Fincher III, Assistant District Attorney, Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: William L. Reilly, Blue Ridge, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1140

    The 13-day time lapse between the corroboration of the informant's tip and the issuance of the search w did not prevent a finding of probable cause to believe that the evidence sought in the

  • Hameen v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul W. David and Charles H.S. Lyons III, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard and Michael S. Carlson, Assistant District Attorneys, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1296

    The officers lacked probable cause to stop the defendant's out-of-state vehicle based on a suspected violation of O.C.G.A. § 40-8-73.1 b, which prohibits the operation of motor vehicles with heavily

  • Redfern v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melvin R. Horne Culpepper & Horne LLC, Cairo, and Robert Culpepper III, Cairo, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, and Robert R. Auman, Assistant District Attorney, Thomasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1481

    A television broadcast tower was not a building within the meaning of the burglary statute because it did not provide an enclosure of some type for people, animals or

  • In re Estate of Simms

    Publication Date: 2000-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tom Pye Chesnut & Livingston PC, Doraville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert S. Carlson and Harmon W. Caldwell Jr. Caldwell & Watson, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1764

    Executors' appeal of order prohibiting them from using estate funds to defend allegations of maladministration is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction since the probate court had not made a final acc

  • Kennedy v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-12-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larkin M. Lee Virgil Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Julianne W. Holliday, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1757

    The officer's examination of the cocaine in defe s presence was not the functional equivalent of express questioning that was likely to elicit an incriminating response from defe