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  • Glass v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas N. Fox Peevy & Lancaster PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, Atlanta, and Richard R. Burris III Oliver & Winkle PC, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0053

    O.C.G.A. § 40-6-91 a and how it relates to a pedestrian's responsibility upon entering and moving through a crosswalk was irrelevant to the question of whether a criminal defendant was charged under

  • McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP v. Keller

    Publication Date: 2004-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter C. Canfield, Thomas M. Clyde and Marcia K. Stadeker Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Neal H. Howard and William D. James Neal H. Howard & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0624

    The plai could not sue his adversary's law firm for negligence where the law firm owed no legal duty to the plai

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-05-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Bradley, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Bonnie K. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: 04A0290

    The defendant shot the victim in the back of the head and the state used the same facts and evidence to support her aggravated assault and aggravated battery convic

  • Acree v. McMahan

    Publication Date: 2004-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Odom, Hahira, Walter C. Hartridge and David M. Conner Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . O. Wayne Ellerbee, Valdosta, and Tom W. Thomas The Thomas Law Firm, Adel, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0903

    The doctrine of reverse piercing of the corporate veil is inapplicable in Georgia where it would allow an outsider, such as a third-party creditor, to pierce the veil in order to reach corporate as

  • Sheehan v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larkin M. Lee Virgil Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Griffin E. Howell III, Solicitor, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0264

    The arresting officer reasonably tried to accommodate the defendant's request for independent chemical testing and only ceased his efforts when the defendant informed him that he had no means of ob

  • Blackwell v. Potts

    Publication Date: 2004-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor W. Jones, Jenny E. Jensen Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., William Q. Bird William Q. Bird & Assocs., and Richard E. Harris, Atlanta, for Blackwell. James T. McDonald Jr. and John S. Berry Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for Potts.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A2400; A03A2401

    The trial court abused its discretion in concluding that the legal malpractice plaintiffs were categorically restricted to the evidence already in the record when the defendants represented them in

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa O. Weiner, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven L. Harris, Solicitor General, and Lura H. Landis, Assistant Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2526

    The defendant was estopped from challenging his 1997 nolo plea under the authority of O.C.G.A. § 40-13-33 a, because he failed to attack the validity of that plea within 180 days of the day it becam

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word and Jason W. Swindle Word & Simmons PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2193

    The victim's prior unprosecuted molestation accusation was inadmissible in the absence of evidence that the accusation was

  • Saxon v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Ronald M. Adams, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1674

    The defendant repeatedly drove his companion to daycare parking lots where she carried out car break-ins and thefts and drove her to establishments where she forged the stolen c

  • State v. Summage

    Publication Date: 2004-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman and Russell J. Parker, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2533

    The defendant waived his right to discharge and acquittal of re-indicted child molestation charges on speedy trial grounds when he failed to file a speedy trial demand on the original indic