Case Digests

Warren v. State

Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Warren, Trion, proceeded pro se. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
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Case Number: A00A2513

The trial court properly refused to modify the defendant's sentence to give him credit for time served prior to his trial because defendant should have addressed that issue to his pre-sentence custo

Crider v. State

Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Eddie B. Bassett, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Columbus, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1141

The similar transaction statement of defendant's 12-year-old daughter that he molested her was admissible under Georgia's Child Hearsay Statute because the daughter was available to testify and the

Mead v. State

Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia F. Angeli, Jonesboro, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Staci L. Guest, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1758

Defendant's indictment for knowingly secreting a motor vehicle with the intent to defraud a financing corporation did not allege facts necessary to establish endangering a security interest as a les

Carter v. Progressive Ins. Co.

Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph J. Saia Saia, Richardson & Meinken, Peachtree City, for appellant.
for defendant: Stuart J. Oberman, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A00A0981

Robinson v. State

Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emory B. Bazemore, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Margaret E. Heap, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1515

Defendant was not entitled to use his impeachment of the victim as an independent avenue to present his defense that the incident which precipitated the crimes started because the victim allegedly a

Fulton County v. Fulton County Sch. Dist.

Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yvonne Latorre and Willie J. Lovett Jr. Office of County Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Judith A. O'Brien and Howard P. Slomka Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1448

The school d t's dispute with the county over which entity was responsible for the cost of traffic improvements at new schools was not a proper action for declaratory judgment since the school

McCoy v. State

Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wanda S. Jackson, East Point, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick, Dana J. Norman and Steven C. Chen, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1276

Because the defendant's probation revocation was not based on the commission of a new felony offense, the trial court was not authorized to sentence the defendant to more than two years in confin

Moore v. ECI Management

Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. Clark, Elberton, and Eric E. Wyatt, Madison, for appellant.
for defendant: . Keith L. Lindsey Carter & Ansley, Atlanta, for ECI Management. Michael D. Hostetter and George R. Neuhauser Nall & Miller LLP, Atlanta, for Sears.
Case Number: A00A1575, A00A1576

The premises and product liability defendants were not liable for the decedent's death by electrocution after he miswired a stackable washer/dryer unit while installing it in an apar

Weiss v. Varnadore

Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Jerrell Ramsey, Brunswick, for appellant.
for defendant: Andrew H. Lakin, Brunswick, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1539

The Court of Appeals could not determine what standard the trial court applied in granting joint custody to the mother and maternal grandmother under O.C.G.A. § 19-7-1

Prock v. State

Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Lee Sexton & Assocs. PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1809

Defendant's guilty plea to a charge of selling alcohol to a minor did not bar his prosecution for possessing and selling mari