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  • Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. Of Ga. v. Doe

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Bryan K. Webb, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ralph W. Ellis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren N. Sams III The Sams Law Firm, T. Joshua Archer and Michael J. Bowers Balch & Bingham, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1892

    Material issues of fact remained as to whether the Board of Regents of the University System rgia breached a 1997 employment contract to hire the plaintiff as a tenured full professor and dean

  • Oliver v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martha-Ann C. Kirkland, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0485

    The defendant struck the victim with a stick or piece of wood and, either he or one of his co-defendants struck the victim with fists and a concrete

  • Hiers v. Estate of Heirs

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent J. Savage and Kathryn H. Pinckney Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Pope Langdale III and William P. Langdale Jr. Langdale & Vallotton LLP, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2254

    The wife was not entitled to a Year's Support from her husband's estate under O.C.G.A. § 53-3-1, since the parties' prenuptial agreement controlled and provided that she was to receive only $5,000 u

  • Laurel v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald B. Lowe III, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Ann M. Elmore, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0701

    The trial court did not err in responding to a jury question as to whether it could consider what the defendant "confessed" to a detective because there was no confession at issue in the case and no

  • Lester v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus C. Chamblee, Cambridge, Mass., for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, and Sandra A. Partridge, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0215

    The jury was authorized to find that the defendant briefly touched the 12-year-old victim's penis with his mouth with the intent to arouse or satisfy his or the victim's sexual de

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  • Kuykendoll v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne H. Basford and Bentley C. Adams III Office of the Pub. Defender, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Dixon A. Lackey III, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0806

    The trial court properly admitted the victim's daughter's 911 call as part of the res g

  • Kace Invs. LP v. Hull

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Trotter III, Warren D. Evans William A. Trotter III PC, William J. Williams Johnston, Wilkin & Williams, Augusta, John K. Larkins Jr. and Thomas D. Bever Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John B. Long and A. Montague Miller Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier PA, Augusta, for appellees. Other party representation: Robert C. Hagler, James W. Purcell Fulcher, Hagler, Reed, Hanks & Harper, and William M. Fleming, Augusta.
    Case Number: A05A2014

    The defendants were entitled to amend their counterclaim, since claims remained pending after the remittitur was returned to the trial court following an appeal on cross motions for summary judgment

  • In the Interest of A. R. A. S.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Webb, Assistant Public Defender, Chatsworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Cynthia N. Johnson, Cohutta, for appellee. Other party representation: Philip F. Woodward, Dalton.
    Case Number: A06A0331

    Parents have no right to refuse to testify at a parental rights hearing, even to avoid self-incrimination, and, if a parent refuses to testify, the trial court is authorized to draw a negative infer

  • Baughcum v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ann C. Stahl, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Sharon M. Fox, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0261

    The defendant was not entitled to a mistrial based on the similar transaction witness's unresponsive statements during defense counsel's questi

  • In the Interest of B. R.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Sumner Jr. and Lance G. Jones, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles C. Butler, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0372

    The mother was mentally disabled, she had a history of being easily led into exploitative living or working arrangements, she signed away her own disability benefits, she could not maintain a safe