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  • Patterson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald L. Beckstrom, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and James B. Threlkeld, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0394

    Evidence that of was in full uniform, was standing less than 15 feet from defendant and commanded him to stop supported defendant's conviction for obstructing an of

  • Solis v. Lamb

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher T. Ross Gardner, Willis, Sweat & Goldsmith, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Leonard Farkas Farkas & Ledford, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0168

    Plaintiff cannot recover against her co-workers since their requests for admissions claiming that her injury occurred during the course of her employment were conclusively established by her failure

  • Attaway v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul W. David, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0077

    Fifteen-year-old's statement made outside the presence of his family was admissible, given evidence that he was arrested shortly after the crime, he indicated he understood his Miranda rights, he di

  • Locklear v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Healan III, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0171

    Defendant whose license was accidentally suspended due to an erroneous DUI conviction by the trial court could not make a plea in bar of double jeopardy arising from the DUI charge, since any harm h

  • Grant v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Elizabeth Lane, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles H. Weston, District Attorney, Wayne G. Tillis and Howard Z. Simms, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A0015

    The Court of Appeals has vacated its decision in Grant v. State, 237 Ga. App. 892 1999, and adopted the Supreme Court's decision in Grant v. State, 272 Ga. 231 2000, that reversed defendant's convic

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  • Lee v. Food Lion

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis L. Morris Jr. Morris, Webster & Corless, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas G. Whatley Jr. and John C. Adams Howard & Whatley PC, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0205

    Plaintiff who tripped on floor mat that was allegedly askew in grocery store's entry foyer did not show that the alleged hazard existed for a sufficient amount of time so that the grocery store cou

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Wooten, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, and John A. Pursley, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0272

    Trial court properly allowed the state to introduce a bench warrant for defendant's arrest that was issued after defendant failed to appear for

  • Harper v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Meier IV, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Shukura L. Ingram, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0147

    Even if defendant had to wait an hour after his initial stop until the DUI ta ce officer arrived, defendant's detention did not ripen into an arrest requiring a Miranda warning before the DUI t

  • Carter v. Glenn

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. West III, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael J. Goldman and Michelle D. Coburn Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas M. Mitchell Carothers & Mitchell LLC, Buford.
    Case Number: A99A2429

    Since the plaintiff did not demonstrate that a city policy or custom encouraged or condoned her alleged rape by a city police officer, her § 1983 claims against the city, its mayor and its police ch

  • Walker v. Brannan

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. Muskett, East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel A. Murray Beck, Owen & Murray, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1998

    Plaintiff did not reasonably explain her failure to mention her alleged 28-day mental incapacitation at her deposition, so her subsequent self-serving affidavit claiming mental incapacitation did n