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  • Reese v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia F. Angeli, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Erman J. Tanjuatco and Clifford A. Sticher, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1883

    Defendant could not withdraw his guilty plea merely because he was taking psychotropic drugs for schizophrenia when he made the plea, since there was no evidence the medication incapacitate

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen J. Anderson, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0048

    Since defendant was caught with marked money from the robbery, it was highly improbable that his counsel's failure to object to the improper introduction of his prior armed robbery conviction contri

  • Keller v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Thomas, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: G. Channing Ruskell, Solicitor General, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0447

    Defendant who allowed the dismissal of his a by failing to arrange for preparation of the transcript and disappearing shortly after filing that a was not entitled to an out-of-time a

  • Baldwin v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jesse L. Vaughn Ledbetter, Little & Smith, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Cartersville, and Lance T. McCoy, Assistant District Attorney, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2106

    Defendant could not withdraw his guilty plea since he did not file a direct appeal and did not attempt to withdraw the plea until after the expiration of the term of court in which his plea was acc

  • In the Interest of J.T.D.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Boulineau, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Evelyn P. Luton Bellury & Luton, Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0786

    The juvenile court had jurisdiction over the 17-year-old defendant, since he was under 17 years old when he damaged the hood and roof of a car while fighting with anothe

  • Hudson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald E. Harrison II The Harrison Firm, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Margaret L. Knight, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1771

    The trial judge did not have improper contact with the jurors when they discussed with him their concern for the acquitted co-defe after they convicted defe

  • Hortman v. Guy

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy C. Cramer and James E. Peavy Cramer & Peavy, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William D. Strickland Temple, Strickland, Counts & Dinges, Decatur, and Thomas B. McFarland Smith, Welch, Studdard & Brittain, McDonough, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A2247

    The state's livestock law pre-empted a county ordinance which would have made the defendant liable for damage caused by a cow that strayed from her property regardless of whether she owned th

  • Builders Dev. Corp. v. Hughes Supply Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert A. Myers III Mumford, Myers & Mooney, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Roy H. Meeks Jr. Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2073

    The debtor company's president and sole shareholder was personally liable for the entire $50,000 debt owed to the plaintiff, because he signed an unlimited guarantee and allowed the plaintiff to adv

  • Nance v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Phil Wiley, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Allison B. Goldberg, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Joseph L. Chambers Sr. Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Ga., Smyrna, Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr. and Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S99P1518

    The trial court should have dismissed a prospective juror who stated she would always impose the death penalty if the defendant was convicted and the state proved aggravating circumst

  • Mack v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie C. Weaver Weaver Law Offices, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, and Bradford R. Pierce, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1731

    The defendant could not complain that de counsel was ineffective since he admitted that he failed to communicate with counsel or fully cooperate in his de