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  • Dollar v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy T. Herring, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Brett E. Pinion, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1974

    Confidential informant's claim that he purchased marijuana from defendant, corroborated by officer's information that a large Federal Express package filled with marijuana was addressed to defendant

  • Elite Realty Servs. Inc. v. City of Auburn

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Stell Jr. Russell, Stell, Smith & McLocklin PC, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert J. Wilson Webb, Tanner & Powell LLP, Lawrenceville, and Currie M. Mingledorff II Russell & Mingledorff PA, Winder, for appellees.
    Case Number: S99A1598

    The developer's plan to remodel a house that it moved to a subdivision lot did not comply with a restrictive covenant that permitted only "site built"

  • Clark v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert B. Wallace and Stephen B. Wallace II Albert Bailey Wallace PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dock H. Davis, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1956

    The trial court's order awarding petitioner a 2.5 percent commission for his distribution of estate property was not a final judgment since the court had yet to determine the property's fair

  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald B. Williams, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, and Gregory W. Edwards, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0047

    Evidence that officers executing a no-knock search warrant discovered cocaine residue and plastic bag remnants in defendant's garbage disposal and that she was standing next to the sink with the dis

  • In re Roscoe

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven H. Koval, Atlanta, for appellant.
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    Case Number: A99A1911

    The fact that the minor child would be eligible for health insurance if he was under the petitioner's temporary gua hip was an insufficient basis for appointing petitioner as gua

  • Head v. CSX Transp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Harp and Jefferson C. Callier Taylor, Harp & Callier, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: James E. Gilson, Robert E. Casey Jr., Matthew P. Stone and Sandra Gray Casey, Gilson & Williams PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A97A0645

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that since the judge who conducted trial did not abuse his discretion in granting a new trial on the ground that the verdict was inadequate,

  • Seed v. Smith & Woods Management Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin M. Del Mazo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Marvin D. Dikeman and Jerome B. McNally Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1649

    Unidentified witnesses' alleged statements that there were water puddles on the store's floor were hearsay and did not support plaintiff's claim that store had constructive knowledge of a hazard on

  • Gilstrap v. Head

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles B. Brown, Helen, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher J. Walker III Carey, Jarrard & Walker, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1638

    Plaintiff's interrogatory answer stating that defendant let go of the ladder on which plaintiff stood did not conflict with his deposition testimony, which failed to mention that

  • Hester v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Sugrue, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, David T. Lock, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1654

    Given the overwhelming evidence that the defendant killed the victim, wrapped his body in bags and duct tape and dumped it in the woods, any error in the trial court's failure to sequester the victi

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elaine T. McGruder, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Bettieanne C. Hart, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2025

    The jury could find defendant guilty of aggravated assault if it found that he either applied a flammable liquid to the victim's body or ignited it, since the state charged him with both