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  • Land v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Purvis, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip C. Smith, District Attorney, and Rand J. Csehy, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2456

    The trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized under a warrant which was not supported by probable

  • Murray v. Gardner

    Publication Date: 2003-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance N. Owen and Timothy N. Shepherd Shepherd & Johnston, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: David B. Dunaway, Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2235

    A defense verdict could not stand where the defendant did not dispute the pregnant plaintiff's need for emergency services after he rear-ended he

  • Carter v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony J. Carter, Fayetteville, proceeded pro se. Steven L. Harris, Solicitor General, and Lloyd W. Walker, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A02A2047

    Evidence that the defendant installed a water supply line for his home with used materials that were not approved by the county supported his conviction for violating a county ordi

  • Dougherty v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Clark Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor, and Gary S. Vey, Assistant Solicitor, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2148

    Evidence of defendant's physical appearance and demeanor, his field test performance and Alco-sensor reading provided probable cause for his arrest for suspecte

  • Palmer v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon Larke and Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard and Rebecca A. Wright, Assistant District Attorneys, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1956

    The victim's father identified the defendant as the man he saw holding his daughter wrapped up in a sheet and carrying her down the hallway to his home when he went to investigate daughter's sc

  • Wilson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Wilson, Odom, proceeded pro se. John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, and Melissa L Heifferon, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A02A2204

    Nothing in O.C.G.A. § 42-8-60 a mandates a probationary period for first offe

  • Franklin v. Gude

    Publication Date: 2003-02-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam R. Gaslowitz and Duane D. Pritchett Adam R. Gaslowitz & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Divida Gude, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2304

    The trial court properly found appellant in contempt for willfully disobeying an order to pay the attorneys' fees and costs incurred when she failed to attend her scheduled depos

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Gustinella, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Lori T. Loncon, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2246

    The victim's identification of the defendant as one of three armed men who robbed a pawnshop and a DNA match of blood left at the scene supported defendant's convic

  • Guthrie v. Guthrie

    Publication Date: 2003-02-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin L. Fierman, Eatonton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James G. Killough, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A2329

    The parties' consensus on how to divide their marital property provided adequate consideration to support their settlement agreement, even though the husband died before the parties' divorce became

  • State v. Tollefson

    Publication Date: 2003-02-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, and Kathryn O. Fallin, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: James N. Finkelstein, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2125

    Officers could not justify a search of defendant's person incident to an arrest which the officers did not intend to