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  • Sutton v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald B. Lowe III, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Jon Hope, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1158

    Given the charge as a whole, the trial court's slip-of-the-tongue during instructions could not have confused or misled the

  • Simpson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwayne Simpson, Bainbridge, proceeded pro se. Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, and Allen R. Knox, Assistant District Attorney, Douglas, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A1389

    The defendant was not entitled to an out-of-time appeal because the issues he sought to raise could not be resolved by reference to facts contained in the

  • Fales v. Jacobs

    Publication Date: 2003-10-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald W. Bassett, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wade H. Coleman, Edward F. Preston Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston, Valdosta, Michael G. Frick, Brunswick, and Emily J. Brantley, Grayson, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1138

    Plaintiff's failure to attach an expert affidavit was fatal to his medical malpractice

  • McPetrie v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmy D. Berry, Marietta, for McPetrie. James S. Anderson Clarke & Anderson PC, Atlanta, for Paschal. Debra H. Bernes and Nancy I. Jordan, Marietta, for Raines. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amy H. McChesney and C. Lance Cross, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A1238; A03A1239; A03A1240

    Defendants had no legal authority to detain and bind the victim who allegedly stole items from their busin

  • Eubanks v. Waldron

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick S. Eidson Beauchamp & Assocs., Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Croley Jr., Fitzgerald, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0919

    Evidence that defendant paid a traffic fine arising out of the underlying collision was inadmissible absent evidence that defendant pled guilty to the traffic cit

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  • Watson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice Brown, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1338

    The totality of the circumstances supported the trial court's finding that defendant knowingly and voluntarily consented to the search of his home an

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John V. Lloyd, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1017

    Evidence of the defendant's prior conviction for cocaine possession was admissible at his trial for cocaine trafficking, marijuana possession and obstructing an officer where the drugs in question w

  • City of Atlanta v. Yusen Air & Sea Serv. Holdings Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Hunter, Jason P. Wright, Cheryl A. Barnes and Laurie W. Daniel Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John M. Harris Jr. and Kirby A. Glaze Glaze, Glaze, Harris & Arnold PC, Jonesboro, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1230

    The city of Atlanta's declaration of taking violated O.C.G.A. § 32-3-6, because the authorizing ordinance allowed the City Attorney to choose between two alternative taking me

  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer E. Hildebrand, Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher A. Arnt, Assistant District Attorney, Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1455

    The state failed to prove that defendant's prior aggravated assault conviction in Tennessee was for conduct which would also constitute a felony in Ge

  • Roberts v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Anna E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0995

    Defendant filed his demand for a speedy trial prematurely on the day before the grand jury returned his indic