Case Digests

Tran v. State

Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen F. Mackie, Duluth, for appellant.
for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Donald P. Geary, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A0985

The officers' corrobor of the informant's tip through surveillance gave them a reasonable suspicion that defendant was engaged in criminal activity before they stopped him for a traffic viol

Bryant v. State

Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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Case Number: A00A1065

Defendant who pled guilty to selling cocaine was not entitled to an out-of-time appeal because the issues he sought to raise in his appeal could not be resolved by reference to facts in the r

Brooks v. Meriwether Mem'l Hosp. Auth. d/b/a Meriwether Mem'l Hosp.

Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Robert Raley, Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: . Robert G. Tanner Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A00A1750

The 5-year statute of repose set forth in O.C.G.A. § 9-3-71 b applies to medical malpractice cases that are dismissed and refiled outside the statutory period due to the illness of a wi

Espy v. State

Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel C. Chapman III, Conyers, for appellant.
for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, and Robert D. James Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1573

The out-of-court statements of two nontestifying witnesses who voluntarily approached the investigating officer 15 to 20 minutes after the robbery were admissible as part of the res g

Warren v. State

Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas E. White, Cochran, for appellant.
for defendant: Charles H. Weston, District Attorney, Myra Y. Christian and Howard Z. Simms, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1574

General Lighting Distrib. Inc. v. Cobb County, Ga.

Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: George G. Dean II, Buford, for appellant.
for defendant: Fred D. Bentley Bentley, Bentley & Bentley, Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A0962

Trial court properly charged the jury that the condemnee bore the burden of establishing that the condemned property was unique, thereby giving rise to damages for the diminished value of the condem

Stone v. State

Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: George L. Hoyt Jr., Alma, for appellant.
for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Woodbine, and John B. Johnson III, Assistant District Attorney, Jesup, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1329

Defendant's prior guilty pleas to separate offenses arising out of the same conduct are deemed to be one conviction for sentencing purposes under O.C.G.A. § 17

Barnett v. State

Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth M. Grant, Legal Aid & Defender Clinic, Athens, for appellant.
for defendant: Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, and Henry R. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A0967

Because defendant refused to cooperate during a valid traffic stop, the officers were entitled to take reasonable steps to protect themselves, including forcibly opening defendant's closed hands to

Sasser v. Adkinson

Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Bishop Whelchel & Dunlap LLP, Gainesville, for appellant.
for defendant: Thomas S. Sunderland Sunderland & Diaz, Buford, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1234

Trial court lacked authority to vacate the remaining portion of defendant's sentence for contempt after expiration of the term of court in which the sentence was en

Rapps v. Cooke

Publication Date: 2000-10-04
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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Case Number: A00A1006

Creditor foreclosing on debtor's house did not act in bad faith by failing to provide a payoff amount, sinc or never indicated her willingness or ability to pay the entir