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  • In the Interest of J. A. F.

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric A. Ballinger, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Wallace W. Rogers Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1541

    The state's correction of an obvious clerical error in its delinquency petition did not rise to the level of an amendment to the petition, which would have mandated a contin

  • Upkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hillary M. Krepistman, Lilburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0941

    Evidence that a woman entered a hotel room with drug paraphernalia in her purse while officers were in the process of arresting the defendant and others on drug charges was relevant to the issue of

  • Hale v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. James, Assistant Public Defender, and Tara D. Dickerson Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, Atlanta, and Jennifer L. Moore, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1449

    Defendant's conviction for laying drag could not stand, absent evidence that defendant's vehicle moved in a zigzag or circular course or that defendant caused the vehicle to gyrate or

  • Belyeu v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. James, Assistant Public Defender, and Steven W. F. West Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Katherine Diamandis, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0968

    The state's failure to introduce evidence supporting its opening reference that defendant refused a state-administered alcohol test did not entitle defendant to a mistrial where the state acted in g

  • Chatham County Bd. of Assessors v. Jepson

    Publication Date: 2003-08-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Diane M. McLeod, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David M. Conner, Walter C. Hartridge and Edgar P. Williams Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0031

    The plaintiffs were required to appeal their tax reassessment to the board of equaliz

  • Watson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald W. Brown, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Thomaston, and Thomas J. Ison Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1135

    O.C.G.A. § 16-13-33 does not authorize the imposition of a fine for a conviction for criminal attempt to violate the Georgia Controlled Substance

  • Mize v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and John S. Melvin, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1471

    The bloodied victim's statements to an investigating officer were admissible as part of the res g

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Gough, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0525

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's opinion that the trial court erred in considering defendant's prior guilty pleas for sentencing purposes after the state conceded that the defendant

  • Gu v. Liu

    Publication Date: 2003-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ruo-Qun Gu, and Nai Zhi Bai, Lawrenceville, proceeded pro se. Zhan-Ging Lium Duluth, proceeded pro se.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A1090

    The landlord provided the requisite 60-day notice to terminate a tenancy at will before filing a dispossessory action against his te

  • Cameron v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Renate D. Moody, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, and Dorothy A. Vinson, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1520

    There is no case law to support the defendant's argument that he was denied due process based on the officers' failure to secure any exculpatory evi