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  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell D. Durham, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Debra H. Bernes and Maria B. Golick, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0069

    Defendant failed to show his attorney was ineffective merely because the attorney had an unfriendly relationship with the state's confidential informant stemming from his previous representation of

  • Burns v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone and Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1206

    On remand from the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals vacated defendant's sentence and remanded with direction that the trial court consider defendant for first offender treatment, since he was co

  • Holsey v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen N. Hollomon, Warner Robins, Brenda H. Trammell, Madison, and Charlotta Norby, MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, 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: S99P1112

    Defendant acquiesced to the jury's crime scene visit occurring outside his presence since he did not object when the trial court informed him that the jurors asked questions and heard evidence duri

  • State v. Gehris

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph T. Bowden Jr., Solicitor, Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, David M. Zagoria and Pilar Gigante, Assistant Solicitors General, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1746

    City police officers who witnessed defendant's collision outside city limits did not relinquish their authority to investigate that incident just because they asked a county officer to investiga

  • State v. McTaggart

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Melodie S. Bedford, LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sam F. Little Little, Adams, Bates & Kelehear PC, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1726

    Defendant who told police investigating a dog attack at his home, "do what you have to do and lock the gate when you're done" as he ran to his vehicle to meet the attack victim at the hospital did n

  • State v. Tucker

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, and Anthony C.L. Hing, Special Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Reginald J.R. Bell Jr. and Mark L. Pickett Donaldson, Bell & Pickett PC, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0256

    Reliable confidential informant's tip giving specific details about defendant's transport of drugs that were corroborated by police officers' observations provided sufficient probable cause for sear

  • Deal v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Corbin, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Stephen E. Spencer, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0374

    Under the Child Hearsay Statute, fathers of defendant's previous child molestation victims could testify about the victims' claims that defendant molested

  • Crisp Area Y.M.C.A. v. NationsBank NA, Ex'r

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence W. Roberts and David N. Rainwater Roberts, Rainwater & Ingram LLP, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: G. Russell Wright Wright, Hyman & Pack PC, Clifford W. Harpe Jr., Cordele, James H. Moore III, Edgar W. Duskin Jr. Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers PC, and A. Lee Hayes, Albany, for appellees.
    Case Number: S99A1630

    Since the city YMCA was already inactive when testator executed his will, his intent to leave the organization $100,000 was clear and the doctrine of cy pres did not apply to transfer the bequest to

  • Hood v. Spruill

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Mottern, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Louis R. Cohan Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0050

    Property buyers who admitted they were aware of roadway easement across the property at the time of purchase could not file a breach of warranty claim against the seller when they were sued for bloc

  • Martinez v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher T. Adams, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and James M. Miskell, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1815

    Defendant waived his objection to detective's testimony since he merely raised an anticipatory objection before the detective took the stand and did not object at the time the detective test