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  • In the Interest of R. H.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earle J. Duncan III, Glennville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden, Jr., District Attorney, and Claira E. Mitcham, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0766

    The juvenile was with three other boys when a can of paint was taken from a middle school construction site and he had paint on his hands when police stopped

  • Rambo v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0680

    Evidence that the defendant gave three co-defendants a gun and directed them to rob a pawn shop authorized the jury to find him guilty as a party to the crimes of armed robbery, aggravated assault a

  • Singleton v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Ann S. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0784

    The defendant admitted possessing cocaine and told investigators that he generated $40 from drug sales on an averag

  • Smith v. Gordon

    Publication Date: 2004-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Janney E. Sanders Clifton, Sanders & Smith, Toccoa, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0449

    Economic distress does not constitute legal d

  • Crawford-Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Beall IV, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven L. Harris, Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0095

    The arresting officer had probable cause under the totality of the circumstances to detain the defendant for suspicion of DUI after a valid traffic

  • Tunnelite Inc. v. Estate of Rebecca Wight Cherry Sims

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Koski The Koski Firm PC, Vincent M. Tilley and G. Roger Land, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shelby A. Outlaw The Outlaw Firm, Decatur, Irwin W. Stolz Jr. Winburn, Lewis, Barrow & Stolz PC, Athens, James L. Paul and Michael S. Welsh Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Vernitia A. Shannon and John A. Ayoub Fulton County Attorney's Office, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A1861

    An intrastate federal judgment does not need to be domesticated before it is recognized or attains lien status in Georgia state c

  • Galardi v. Steele Inman

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aubrey T. Villines Jr. and Heidi A. Honis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Spencer J. Krupp Spix, Krupp & Reece PC and Lawrence L. Bennett Jr., Atlanta, for appellant. Other party representation: O. Jackson Cook The Cook Law Office, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A2565

    The doctrine of respondeat superior does not apply in slander

  • Commercial & Military Sys. Co. Inc. v. Sudimat CA

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emory F. Sanders Sr. and Ziva P. Bruckner Capers, Dunbar, Sanders & Bruckner, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas R. Burnside Jr. Burnside, Wall, Daniel & Ellison, Augusta, and William C. Davison, Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1879

    The trial court did not err in charging the jury on pre-judgment interest because the contract damages were iquidated to some

  • Hammond v. Carnett's Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Blumenthal Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Marc B. Hershovitz, Michael K. Jablonski, Atlanta, Roy E. Barnes and John F. Salter Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard C. Foster Hicks, Casey & Barber PC, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Robert B. Hocutt, Mark D. Lefkow Nall & Miller LLP, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, Sidney R. Barrett Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel S. Walsh, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A2487

    The trial court abused its discretion in finding that the plaintiff failed to satisfy the numerosity, commonality, typicality and superiority requirements for class certification in her action broug

  • Skaggs-Ferrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, and Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0221

    The Court remanded the case for a hearing on the defendant's properly raised claim that his trial counsel and first appellate counsel were ineffe