• Vesta Holdings I LLC v. Tax Comm'r of Fulton County

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Proctor and Bradley A. Hutchins Proctor & Chambers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vernitia A. Shannon Office of the County Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Daryl G. Clarida Crowley & Clarida LLP, Jason P. Wright, Mary L. Glassberg Holland & Knight LLP, Teresa L. Bailey Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Donna J. Nance, Geoffrey H. Cederholm Miller & Martin LLP, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Gary Donaldson City of Atlanta Director of Treasury, Steven J. Strelzik, Ted Marcus, Atlanta, and C. Terry Blanton, Decatur.

    Case Number: A02A1701

    The "first in time, first in right" rule applies to the priority of competing, but equally ranked tax

  • Rogers v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney L. Mathis, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Cartersville, and Donald S. Smith, Deputy District Attorney, Calhoun, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0252

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for theft of a financial transaction and fraudulent use of that

  • Baker v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Murcier-Ashley, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Andrette Watson, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0091

    The victim unequivocally identified the defendant as the man who attacked him with a large metal

  • Martinez v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Drake, Grayson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Wesley C. Ross District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A2410

    Evidence that the defendant drove to the location of a controlled buy, approached the undercover drug task force investigator and walked back to the vehicle when the investigator asked to see the co

  • Monroe v. Taylor

    Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. Freaney Deming, Parker, Hoffman, Green & Campbell, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Celeste F. Brewer, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1931

    O.C.G.A. § 19-6-19 d authorizes an award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party in a child support modification action, regardless of whether the child's parents were ever ma

  • Queen v. Lambert

    Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher B. Scott Smith, Wallace & Scott LLP, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary I. Dickerson Georgia Legal Servs. Program, Susan A. Reif, Lisa J. Krisher and Phyllis J. Holmen, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1658

    The jury was entitled to find that a confidential relationship existed between the parties, such that the plaintiff justifiably relied on the fact that the defendant, as her attorney, was acting in

  • State v. Naik

    Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor, and Gary S. Vey, Assistant Solicitor, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles T. Magarahan, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A2074

    It is unnecessary for the Intoxilyzer 5000 operator to testify to his opinion that the breath test was performed according to the applicable me

  • Howard v. Lay

    Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cyprian T. Okonkwo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William D. Strickland and Jason B. Schwartz Temple, Strickland, Counts & Dinges, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A2328

    The trial court did not err in excluding evidence of a traffic citation and bond forfeiture for failure to yield where the defendant testified that she was unconscious after the accident, was unawa

  • Hoffman v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis C. Smith and Ricardo G. Samper, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Nigel R. Lush, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A2380

    Evidence of defendant's federal conviction for receiving child pornography was admissible to show his unique bent of mind favoring sexual conduct with chi

  • Curtis v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1272

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that the issue of merger of included offenses is not waived by failure to raise it in the trial