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  • Holliday v. Jacky Jones Lincoln Mercury

    Publication Date: 2001-09-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jean W. Levy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Napier Murphy, Macon, for appellee. Other party representation: Lee Southwell State Bd. of Workers' Comp., Atlanta.
    Case Number: A01A0987

    The ALJ erred in awarding permanent partial disability benefits because the claimant's employer did not have notice of that claim and an opportunity to be

  • Wilbanks v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy P. Healy, Toccoa, for Wilbanks. William D. Healan III, Winder, for Michael Kozachyn. Thomas M. Strickland, Athens, for Paul Kozachyn. Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0918; A01A0919; A01A0920

    Defendants were not entitled to a change of venue because the news articles recounting their home invasion and arrests were devoid of inflammatory language and only nine of 60 venire people were exc

  • Sanford v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paola F. Torselli Office of DeKalb County Public Defender, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, and Amy Simon, Assistant Solicitor General, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1268

    The authority to determine what good-time or extra good-time allowance to give a defendant vests solely in the Board of Correc

  • Banks v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George P. Donaldson III Donaldson, Bell & Pickett, and Lewis R. Lamb, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Gregory W. Edwards, Chief Assistant District Attorney, and Jennifer A. Johnson-Green, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1194

    Defendant did not waive her demand for a speedy trial by obtaining a bond to undergo medical treatment and substance abuse rehabilitation since her motion specifically stated that she was ready and

  • Sullivan v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melodie S. Bedford, Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Elizabeth A. O. Evans, Assistant District Attorney, Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1087

    The trial court properly considered evidence in aggravation of sentencing that defendant attacked his girlfriend with a baseball bat while he was out on bond on a drug c

  • Foote v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Timmons Jr. Timmons, Haggard & Carney, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, John A. Pursley and Phillip C. Griffeth, Assistant District Attorneys, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1378

    Evidence that defendant was hospitalized for pneumonia the day after his did not establish that he was unable to assist his attorney during

  • Wiley v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin C. Jones Webb, Stuckey & Lindsey LLC, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Sandra A. Graves, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1026

    Defendant's own testimony that he did not commit the crimes precluded him from asserting an entrapment de

  • Bulloch South Inc. d/b/a Red Carpet Inn v. Gosai

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jesse C. Stone and Lance J. Hamilton Merrill, Stone & Hamilton LLC, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Emmett L. Goodman Jr., Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0591

    The parties option agreement was enforceable, even though it was included in the parties unenforceable sales agreement, because the 60-day option was based on separate consider

  • Old Republic Union Ins. Co. v. Floyd Beasley & Sons Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry S. Harrell, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Neville Jr. Callaway, Neville & Brinson, Claxton, James R. Gardner Gardner & Bowman LLC, Richmond Hill, and William K. McGowan Franklin, Taulbee, Rushing, Bunce & Brogdon Statesboro, for appellee. Other party representation: Howard E. Spiva, Cecil C. Davis Howard E. Spiva PC, Savannah, Troy W. Marsh Jr., Statesboro, J. Franklin Edenfield Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield PC, Swainsboro, and Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins, Vidalia.
    Case Number: A01A0530

    An automobile exclusion in the insured's CGL policy did not preclude coverage for underlying injuries allegedly caused by the insured's negligence in leaving an empty trailer on the side of the road

  • Syms v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leroy Sims, Hardwick, proceeded pro se. Spencer Lawton Jr. District Attorney, and Lori E. Loncon, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0739

    A federal habeas defendant could not show that he needed records from his 1983 criminal trial because the federal appellate court affirmed the denial of his habeas petition before the trial court ad