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  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel C. Finster Sr., Summerville, and William U. Hyden Jr., Trion, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Bruce E. Roberts, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2215

    The trial court acted reasonably in banishing defendant for 30 years from the counties of its judicial circuit in the event he is improperly paroled from his 30-year recidivist sentence for selling

  • In the Interest of H.D.McC.

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry H. Tatum, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Dennis R. Dunn, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and John L. Welsh II, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Other party representation: Deborah L. Stone Gwinnett Juvenile Court and Debra W. Hale, Lawrenceville.
    Case Number: A99A2498

    Evidence that father waited six months to comply with court's directive that he legitimate his child, that he had a history of drug abuse and that he infrequently visited the child supported termina

  • Tomlinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Charles D. Gafnea, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2134, A99A2135

    Named informant's statement that he purchased marijuana from defendants at their was against his penal interest and provided probable cause for the search warrant for defendants'

  • Parks v. McClung

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert E. Toone Jr. and Stephen B. Bright Southern Ctr. for Human Rights, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George R. Ellis Jr. Ellis, Easterlin, Peagler, Gatewood & Skipper, Americus, for appellee. Amicus appellants: Mary W. Whiteman Whiteman & Whiteman, Decatur, Michael B. Shapiro and James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S99A0712

    The trial court did not have to inform defendants of the dangers of proceeding pro se before they entered their guilty pleas without the assistance of co

  • Hall v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David S. West and Bruce S. Harvey Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Gregory K. Schwarz, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2201

    Since defendant abandoned his backpack containing co by dropping it before he fled police, he could not challenge the admissibility of the co

  • Ambrose v. Sheppard

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Franklin Freeman Jr., Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Walter J. Lane Jr. Lane & Jarriel, Macon, for appellee. Other party representation: W. W. Larsen Jr. Larson & Larson, Dublin, and W. Franklin Freeman Jr., Forsyth.
    Case Number: A99A1803

    Evidence that plaintiffs bought defendant's land based on his promise to monitor timber cutting on that land raised a jury question on plaintiffs' promissory estoppel claim based on damage to the p

  • Knight v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ann C. Stahl, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Mickey R. Thacker, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2257

    Informant's testimony that he purchased crack cocaine from defendant was corroborated by evidence that the informant had no drugs before the buy, that police saw him go to defendant's yard and ask f

  • Reece v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Nancy J. Dupree, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2518

    Evidence that defendant bragged to a friend that he had sexual intercourse with the 11-year-old victim corroborated the victim's testimony that the act occ

  • Wilson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John H. Bradley Waddell, Emerson & Buice and Jon P. Carr, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Patricia B. A. Burton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Joseph L. Chambers Sr. Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Ga., Smyrna, Jeffrey Ertel Georgia Resource Ctr. and Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S99P0651

    Prospective juror who was formerly a defense attorney and stated that 99.9 percent of all defendants are guilty did not have to be removed for cause since he stated he believed he could render a fai

  • Department of Revenue v. Sledge

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stefan E. Ritter and Anthony J. Musto, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Timothy J. Peaden Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A2277

    Since partnership conducted business in Ge its out-of-state partners had to pay Ge income taxes on their share of profits even though they personally conducted no business in Ge