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  • Dunn v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. Jones Jr., Thomson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, and William P. Doupe', Assistant District Attorney, Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2188

    Cocaine found at the scene and evidence showing that the defendant was trapped in the backseat of a wrecked car corroborated the witness's testimony that the defendant used cocaine shortly before th

  • Nair v. Aramark Food Serv. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd N. Bell Jones & Bell LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William P. Tinkler Jr. and Hillary A. Hague William Tinkler Jr. PC, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1813

    A question remained as to whether the defendant food service provider assumed control over the table at the university cafeteria at which the plaintiff

  • Smith v. Henry

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Browning and Tyler J. Browning Browning & Smith, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karen M. Patten, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1572

    The privilege contained in O.C.G.A. § 51-5-7-statements made before a governmental body in connection with an issue under consideration by that body-applies to slander, libel and "any other tort bas

  • Chandler v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1617

    The trial court's communication with the jury had no effect on the ve

  • Storch v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis M. Turchiarelli, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amanda E. Persons and Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1671

    The defendant knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily entered a negotiated guilty plea to aggravated assault with intent to commit

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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricardo G. Samper, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1578

    The arresting officer had probable cause to approach the defendant at the defendant's pallet business and search his hand based on his observation of the defendant smoking and the smell of marijuana

  • Nahid v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Pagano, Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amy H. McChesney and C. Lance Cross, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1792

    The defendant could not challenge the constitutionality of O.C.G.A. § 16-13-31 opium trafficking for the first time on a

  • Morehouse College Inc. v. McGaha

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Beans, Monica F. Patterson and Michael J. Goldman Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James E. Dearing Jr., Marvin A. Devlin, Earnest Redwine and Rebecca C. Smith Devlin & Robinson PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Jeremy T. Berry McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, and C. Randall Nuckolls McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Washington DC.
    Case Number: A05A1737

    The plaintiff was required to mitigate his damages by returning to school and obtaining a college degree after the defending college expelled him without abiding by the hearing procedures in its stu

  • Giddens v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin W. Drummond, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1559

    Any error in the trial court's charge on aggravated assault was harmless, since the defendant admitted that his actions would constituted aggravated assault, unless the jury found that he acted in s

  • Pickle Logging Inc. v. Georgia Pac. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Childs, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey E. Tompkins Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A0963

    Plaintiff had no cause of action for wrongful termination, because to the extent the parties had a contract, it was for an indefinite period and terminable at