• 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

  • David v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Shampa Banerji, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1108

    O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391 k 1 could serve as the statutory predicate for the charged offense of first degree vehicular homicide, since the state was required to prove that the 17-year-old defendant's alco

  • In the Interest of J. W. K.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Thompson Jr., Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: James F. Ledbetter and Joseph D. Little, Calhoun, for appellee. Other party representation: George P. Govignon Bailey & Govignon, Calhoun.

    Case Number: A01A2290

    Former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-58 was inapplicable to a private child deprivation proceeding where the juvenile court did not order removal of the child from his

  • DeCelles v. Morgan Cleaners & Laundry Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gene E. Massafra Wasson, Sours & Harris, and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David F. Root and Erika K. Hutt Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0631

    The evidence supported the jury's finding that the plaintiff reasonably relied on the terms of the parties oral agreement for the sale of its laundry business when it closed its existing store, tran

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary M. Newberry, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and George R. Asinc, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0699

    Under the specific sentencing provisions of the shoplifting statute, O.C.G.A. § 16-8-14 b 1 C, the trial court had discretion to sentence the defendant to a term of not less than one, nor more than

  • In the Interest of D. F.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin W. Drummond Hamrick, Drummond & Miller LLP, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stephanie B. Hope, Special Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, P. Brian Campbell, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Doris C. Orleck, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0009

    Termination of the mother's parental rights was warranted where she failed to comply with her case plan and both a clinical psychologist and foster care case manager opined that removing her childr