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  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Anna E. Green, Herman M. Kilgore, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0991

    The slight evidence exception to the rule requiring the state to prove venue beyond a reasonable doubt does not apply to criminal defendants who plead not g

  • Thompson v. Ezor

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter S. Allen Jr., Scott A. Miller, Gary R. McCain Allen, Weathington & Reeves PC, and Michael D. Flint Krevolin & Horst LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Samuel S. Olens Ezor & Olens PC, Atlanta, and Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00G0613

    The self-contradictory testimony rule does not apply to the testimony of non-party expert witn

  • Oduok v. Bowden

    Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S00A0670

    The petitioner who sought dismissal of his pending criminal prosecution had an adequate remedy at law–his criminal trial and any subsequent ap

  • Gilmer County v. City of East Ellijay

    Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Bowers and T. Joshua Archer Meadows, Ichter & Trigg PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George W. Weaver and Jeffrey L. Floyd, Jasper, for appellee. Amicus appellant: James F. Grubiak and Kelly J. Pridgen, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Walter E. Sumner, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S00A0641

    The county did not abuse its discretion in deciding not to continue providing free non-emergency 911 dispatching services for the city's police depar

  • Security Life Ins. Co. of Am. v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Barwick, Teresa W. Roseborough, Robert J. Neis, Amelia T. Rudolph and Carla W. McMillian Sutherland, Asbill & Brennann LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Preyesh K. Maniklal, Hardy Gregory Jr., Davis, Gregory, Christy & Forehand, Cordele, William S. Stone and Kevin R. Dean William S. Stone PC, Blakely, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Harold G. Clarke Troutman Sanders, George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico, Allen S. Willingham Love & Willingham, Lewis E. Hassett Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, Thomas C. Alexander Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, Billy N. Jones Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, Peter R. Chaffetz, Thomas J. McCormack and Stanley B. Lutz Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, Victoria E. Fimea, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: S00G0006

    The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals' decision in Security Life Ins. Co. v. Clark, 239 Ga. App. 690 1999, holding that it violated the law of the case doctrine on remand from the Supreme

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  • Rowland v. Clarke County Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard T. Scott and Brenda J. Renick Scott, Quarterman & Wells, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Malcolm C. McArthur and William C. Berryman Jr. McLeod, Benton, Begnaud & Marshall LLP, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0388

    Because the decedent loaned her p g to the school district for an indefinite period of time, the loan terminated upon her death and her executor had four years to file an action to recover the

  • Winn v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. O'Dell, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tambra P. Colston, District Attorney, Martha P. Jacobs, Fred R. Simpson, Assistant District Attorneys, Rome, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0545

    The state has authority to cross-examine a defense witness regarding whether an investigator asked him to leave some things out of his test

  • Miles v. Shaw

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, James J. Phillips and Christopher S. Brasher, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mesha M. Shaw, Decatur, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S00A0511

    The Department of Public Safety's procedure for considering appeals of driver's license suspensions without holding a hearing does not violate a defendant's due process rights, because the defendant

  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmy J. Boatright, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, George E. Barnhill, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0194

    Defendant who claimed he shot the victims in self-defense was not entitled to an involuntary manslaughter c

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack E. Boone Jr., Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Augusta, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0252

    O.C.G.A. § 17-16-1 et seq. does not require a defendant to notify the state that he intends to give an alibi during his test