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  • Stanford v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell O. Moore Moore & Studstill and J. Reese Franklin, Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert B. Ellis Jr., District Attorney, Timothy L. Eidson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Nashville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1534

    A slight discrepancy in the affidavits used to obtain several search warrants did not show that the affidavits included information the affiant knew to be

  • Hodo v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas and Jo Ann Claudrick, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, George W.K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Phyllis M. Burgess, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jeanne K. Strickland, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1557

    Trial court's denial of defendant's request for sequestered voir dire did not deny defendant the right to a fair and impartial jury, since there was no evidence that the entire venire was tainted by

  • Cross v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel B. Kane Daniel Kane & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0573

    Statute establishing only two terms of court for the City Court of Atlanta is constitut

  • Cotton v. Cotton

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard W. Schiffman Jr. and Kurt A. Kegel Davis, Matthews & Quigley PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth I. M. Behrman and Kenneth H. Schatten, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1679

    Trial court should have admitted the parties' original divorce decree which set out the husband's alimony obligation since it established the judgment he was seeking to m

  • Dyer v. Souther, Ex'r

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank J. Beltran and Charlotte K. Perrell Beltran & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jack M. Carey Carey, Jarrard & Walker, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1294

    Trial court erred in directing a verdict on caveators' claim that will was the product of undue influence by propounder of will since there was sufficient circumstantial evidence to raise a jury que

  • In re Heard

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S00Y0122

    Attorney suspended for six months after she failed to file her client's divorce action or account for the client's

  • Sacco v. State Court of DeKalb County

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
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    Case Number: S00A0538

    Since rial court can adequately address the plaintiff's claim that it lacks jurisdiction in his criminal case and he can appeal that decision, the plaintiff is not entitled to a writ prohibitin

  • In re Keaton

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S00Y0897

    Attorney disbarred for telling client she would ask district attorney to dead-docket his criminal case and then failing to contact district attorney or appear at client's

  • In re Sowa

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S00Y0957

    Attorney voluntarily surrendered his license based on his guilty plea in federal court to 27 counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 USC § 1341 and

  • Gosdin v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emmett J. Arnold IV, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, D. Brandon Hornsby, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1807

    Police chief could interrogate defendant immediately after he waived extradition since defendant waived his rights, without invoking his right to co