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  • In re R.M.C.

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S00A0711

    Bar applicant who did not make a consistent effort to pay defaulted student loans or other outstanding debts and who claimed indigence in a civil suit despite having received an income was unfit for

  • Merneigh v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
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    Case Number: S99A1580

    After the trial court revoked defendant's probated sentence for his burglary conviction, it could not revoke the probation he received at the same time for his theft conviction since it did not limi

  • In re Brown Jr.

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
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    Case Number: S00Y0463

    Attorney suspended for two years running from Sept. 1, 1998, based on his admitted conversion of client funds to his ow

  • Fulton County Bd. of Tax Assessors v. Boyajian

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
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    Case Number: S99A1487, S99X1488

    County board of tax assessors had no authority to refuse certification of taxpayer's appeal to the superior court on the grounds that it was unt

  • In re Marshall

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
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    Case Number: S99Y1544

    Attorney with an admitted chemical dependency who pleaded guilty to criminal solicitation to commit a crime in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act voluntarily surrendered his license

  • In re Warnock

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
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    Case Number: S99Y0032, S00Y0258

    Attorney with four prior disciplinary infractions and a current violation of Standard 68 of Bar Rule 4-102 d suspended from the practice of law in Georgia for six m

  • In re Gaff

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
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    Case Number: S00Y0379

    Attorney suspended for one year for abandoning client's bankruptcy case, failing to inform clients that his paralegal was a disbarred attorney and allowing that attorney to meet with clients and do

  • In re Voss

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
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    Case Number: S00Y0399

    Attorney voluntarily suspended for 18 months for abandoning three clients in separate real estate, bankruptcy and child support ac

  • Turpin v. Bennett

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S99A1703, S99X1747

    Evidence supported habeas court's finding that defense counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to seek a continuance when a defense expert suffering from dementia abandoned his original d

  • In re R.R.R.

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
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    Case Number: S00A0710

    The board of bar examiners properly refused to waive the education requirements for admission to the state bar for an applicant who obtained a law degree by correspondence courses at a non-accredite