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  • Kreimer v. Kreimer

    Publication Date: 2001-09-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley E. Kriemer Jr., Atlanta, proceeded pro se. Elizabeth G. Lindsey Davis, Matthews & Quigley, Hugh C. Wood and L. Jack Swertfeger Jr. Swertfeger & Wood LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01A0630

    The trial court properly construed a provision in the es' divorce agreement which required the transfer of publicly traded stock to the wife as including only those stocks which were held in th

  • Azizi v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan Mullinax, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Anna E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, and Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0778

    Defendant's inquiry in open court about the feasibility of scheduling an earlier trial date failed to satisfy the strict requirements of O.C.G.A. § 17-7

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Renate D. Moody, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles H. Weston Sr., District Attorney, Dorothy A. Vinson, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1080

    The trial court did not violate O.C.G.A. § 17-8-57 by telling the jury in preliminary instructions that the state's decision not to seek the death penalty was approp

  • Betty v. Betty

    Publication Date: 2001-09-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy A. Petulla, Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert L. Stultz, Fort Oglethorpe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0603

    The father's mere status as legal guardian of his minor child from another marriage was not a special circumstance under O.C.G.A. § 19-6-1

  • Mason v. Duggan

    Publication Date: 2001-05-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Mason, Gainesville, proceeded pro se. James E. Palmour III, Gainesville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01A0115

    The trial court properly appointed a receiver and accountant to operate the parties' mobile home park based on the plaintiff's request for that relief in his motion for con

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  • Hussey v. Hussey

    Publication Date: 2001-05-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward G. Hussey, Lithia Springs, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S01A0123

    The trial court erred in allowing the husband to open and close arguments because the wife bore burden of proof on the only issues submitted to

  • Roach v. Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2001-05-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gresham H. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karen G. Thomas, County Attorney, and Brock E. Perry Brenskelle & Perry, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0331

    Trial court properly awarded condemn proceeds to appellees who owned the property because appellant's life estate terminated when she vacated the property 10 years before condemn

  • Prater v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-04-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Cauthorn III Cauthorn & Phillips, Marietta, for Prater. Marc D. Cella, Marietta, for Thomas. Alan J. Baverman, Atlanta, for Tomlinson. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick, Eleanor A. Kornahrens, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S00A1684; S00A1685; S00A1686

    State's failure to seek convictions for felony murder based on the lesser included offense of attempted armed robbery in defendants' first trial barred any retrial for that

  • Hulme v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. Strickland, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Hartwell, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A2059

    Under the circumstances, defendant's distribution of a lethal dosage of methadone to the victim supported defendant's felony murder convi

  • Cook v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Abda L. Quillian Quillian, Loncon & Edwards LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rene J. Martin III, District Attorney, Tony A. May, Statesboro, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1464

    Out-of-state witness's statements were admissible under the necessity exception to the hearsay rule because the state was unable to secure her presence at