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  • Blair v. Blair

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert G. Nardone, Avondale Estates, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shelby A. Outlaw The Outlaw Firm, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1459

    Parties' divorce decree required that defendant pay premiums to maintain his ex-wife's health insurance coverage at a level as close as possible to what she had under defendant's policy during their

  • 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

  • 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

  • Thelen v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfred L. King Jr., Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry A. Osborne, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1748

    County ordinance prohibiting unnecessary or unusual noise that annoys or disturbs someone within 50 feet is unconstitutionally vague since whether a violation occurs depends on the ear of the indivi

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor General, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99G0903

    Hotel and lodging costs for state's out-of-state witnesses could not be imposed against defendant convicted o

  • Pace v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Mears and Charlotta Norby, MultiCounty Public Defenders, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorneys, 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, and Jeffrey Ertel Georgia Resource Ctr., Atlanta.
    Case Number: S99P0647

    Prosecutor's unprofessional reference to defendant during closing arguments as a "misogynistic, woman hating demon of the devil" and "Satan's lap dog" did not entitle defendant to a reversal of his

  • Drane v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy I. Daughtry Jr., Elberton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, 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., Atlanta, Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr. and Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S99P1003

    Co-defendant's confession of his role in the crime to his cellmate was inadmissible hearsay since there was no evidence of the statement's trustworth

  • In re Betts

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S00Y0168

    The Supreme Court reinstated an attorney who was disbarred in 1986 for committing forgery and theft based on his s ful rehabilitation, including his pursuit of advanced theological studies and

  • In re Duncan

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S00Y0187

    Attorney's petition to voluntarily surrender his license accepted based on his guilty plea to making a false material declaration to a federal grand

  • In re Tarver

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S00Y0721

    Attorney suspended for 45 days based on his admitted 45-day suspension in Alabama for conduct that would violate Standard 12 of Bar Rule 4-