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  • Reid v. The City of Albany

    Publication Date: 2005-11-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie H. Reid, Mobile, Ala., proceeded pro se. Douglas H. Duerr and Matthew N. Foree Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A05A1071

    The plaintiff's termination did not give rise to an action for alleged wrongful termination, because he was an at-will emp

  • Bay Meadow Corp. v. Hart

    Publication Date: 2005-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles G. Newbern and Edward F. Preston Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William P. Langdale Jr., Robert A. Plumb Jr. Langdale & Vallotton LLP, and David F. Sandbach Jr., Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1477

    The plaintiff could not seek to amend its complaint seeking specific performance on a contract provision regarding a right of first refusal to purchase land one year after the trial court entered fi

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Yancey Jr., Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Brunswick, and Jan Kennedy, Assistant District Attorney, Baxley, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0929

    An officer executing a search warrant at the defendant's brother's residence had to physically restrain the defendant from approaching the apar

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. Murray, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Patricia K. Atwill, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1201; A05A1202

    The superior court had concurrent jurisdiction with the juvenile court over a 1974 armed robbery offense, which the defendant committed when he was 16 year

  • Arvinger v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn G. Fant, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1450

    The defendant was not entitled to a charge on leniency and immunity offered to a witness, since he presented no evidence that the witness was offered immunity or leniency in exchange for his test

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  • Lippy v. Benson

    Publication Date: 2005-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine M. Duke and A. Martin Kent Martin Kent PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald C. Berry, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1123

    Defendant's comments in a telephone call to DFACS, which instigated an investigation into whether the plaintiffs' children were deprived, did not constitute sl

  • Dickerson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Alvera A. Wheeler, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1260

    The victim and two eyewitnesses corroborated the co-defendant's testimony that the defendant and he robbed a MARTA bus d

  • Patten v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1038

    The trial court improperly admitted the defendant's prior conviction for impeachment purposes, since the conviction was not inconsistent with his trial testimony regarding his whereabouts during a s

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Tracie J. Hobbs, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1002

    The trial court properly admitted the portion of the defendant's videotaped interview where he called the child molestation victim "probably honest," since the defendant later attacked the victim's

  • Continental Maritime Servs. Inc. v. Maritime Bureau Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-10-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fred S. Clark and Heather J. Slamenick, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Hamrick Gnann Jr. Gnann & Gnann, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A0988

    The employer failed to show that its former employee breached his duty not to solicit the plaintiff's clients or directly compete with his employer during the course of his emplo