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  • McDaniel v. Lawless

    Publication Date: 2002-09-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal B. graham and David C. Bowers Jr. Buzzell, Graham & Welsh LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael G. gray Walker, Hulbert, Gray, Byrd & Christy, Perry, and Kevin P. Bradley Shaffer, Raymond & Dalton, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0907

    Defendant was entitled to summary judgment in a suit arising out of a shooting death at her home since the plaintiff presented no competent evidence that defendant knew the shooter—her neighbor—was

  • Gibson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Morgan III, Abbeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1112

    The trial court was not required to inform defendant that he might be eligible for first offender status or consider his eligibility for first offender treatment in the absence of a re

  • Wilson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. Bryan Sims, Fleming & Spurlin, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford P. Bowden, District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1241

    Defendant did not show that his counsel was ineffective for failing to call an witness, given the conflicting evidence as to whether defendant told his counsel about the

  • Camero v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Lewis, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Lawrenceville, and Donald P. Geary, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1175

    Defendant took more than $500 in money during a supposed drug sale with no intention of providing any

  • Gibbs v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. McLendon IV, Blakely, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles M. Ferguson, District Attorney, Cuthbert, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0843

    The evidence authorized the jury to conclude that the victim provoked defendant into intentionally firing the fatal

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  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-30
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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: A02A0892

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in failing to sever defendant's trial, even though he pursued a mistaken identity defense while his co-defendant testified that the shooting stemmed from

  • Mullins v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Hoffman Peter Hoffman & Assocs. Inc., Hamilton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Sarah L. Stimac, Assistant District Attorney, Franklin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0864

    Where more than one accomplice testifies at trial, the testimony of one accomplice may be corroborated by the testimony of the o

  • Jividen v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd M. Johnson Johnson Law PC, Cohutta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Herbert M. Poston Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1363

    Defense counsel's appointment only 22 days before trial did not make his trial preparation time inadequate as a matter o

  • Rigdon v. Kappa Alpha Fraternity

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher J. Ramig, Fayetteville, G. Samuel Burnette and Benjamin D. Driggers Burnette & Driggers LLC, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas C. Alexander, Sharon H. Reeves Jones, Cork & Miller, Mary M. Katz Chambless, Higdon & Carson and William G. Dodson Morriss, Lober & Dobson LLC, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0914; A02A1444

    Plaintiff failed to show that a criminal attack at a fraternity party was forese

  • Leary v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Bearden Jr., Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Macon, and Eugene Felton Jr. Davis & Felton PC, Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0894

    Defendant took rent from tenants in his capacity as an apartment manager and failed to turn the pay over to the owner of the apart