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  • Simonette v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephanie S. Benfield Stuckey & Manheimer LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0610

    The trial court's error in failing to give the defendant's requested jury instruction on impeachment by proof that the witness has been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude was har

  • State v. Stilley

    Publication Date: 2003-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor, Gary S. Vey and Jonathan D. Aurelia, Assistant Solicitors, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah F. Weiss Chandler & Britt LLC, Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0629

    The arresting officer had probable cause to stop defendant's vehicle based on defendant's refusal to stop after the officer initiated his blue lights and

  • Jered Indus. Inc. v. Pearson

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Jones and Thomas C. Holcomb McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert L. Crowe Lane & Crowe PC, Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: Lee Southwell State Bd. of Workers Compensation, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A0678

    Since some evidence supported the Workers' Compensation Board's finding that the claimant could perform sedentary work, the superior court should have affirmed the Board's finding that his injury wa

  • Tiller v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven A. Cook, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Laura J. Murphee and Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0270

    The officer's prolonged detention of driver and search of vehicle after valid traffic stop was illegally based on hearsay evidence from an unknown ti

  • Butler v. Warren

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary C. Register Spiva, Lewis, Owens & Mulherin, Jeffrey S. Vaughan Royal & Vaughan, and George L. Lewis, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ashlee H. Vaught and Jordon D. Morrow Brannen, Searcy & Smith, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0805

    There was no evidence that the defendants negligently entrusted their truck to a drunk employee on the day he drive the truck off defendants' property and killed the plaintiffs' son in a traffic acc

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  • Shaver v. City of Peachtree City

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph J. Saia Saia, Richardson & Meinken, Peachtree City, and Lloyd W. Walker, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christy R. Jindra, Richard P. Lindsey Webb, Lindsey, Collins, Jones & Wade LLC, Peachtree City, and Martin C. Jones Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2500

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that the municipal court had subject matter jurisdiction over the defendant's prosecution for underaged alcohol possession where the defend

  • Cotting v. Cotting

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven R. Cotting, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. Terri A. Candler Weekes & Candler, Decatur, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A03A0540; A03A0541

    The trial court abused its discretion in awarding $7,000 in attorneys' fees to the wife, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14, in husband's suit to enforce the parties' divorce settlement agreement, witho

  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Staggs Jr., Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, and George E. Barnhill, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0501

    The defendant committed only one crime when he took cab fare money, a cell pone and a wallet from the v

  • Black v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Diane M. Moore, Jasper, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Sandra G. Rivers and Thomas R. McBerry, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0454

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for molesting his 13-year-old stepdau

  • Hogan v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vicki E. Carter, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Julayaun M. Waters, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0029

    The defendant could not complain that the trial court gave his requested instruction on simple as