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  • Hansford v. Burns

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Weinstock, Jeffrey P. Yashinsky, Elizabeth M. Jaffe and Mark I. Sanders Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joe M. Harris Jr. Law Department, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1830

    Defendant improperly foreclosed on plaintiff's property under O.C.G.A. § 11-9-505 since she did not tell plaintiff she intended to retain the collateral in satisfaction of plaintiff's

  • Massey v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben B. Mills Jr. Mills & Chasteen PC, Fitzgerald, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Pridgen, District Attorney, Cordele, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1450

    Evidence that defendant's wife confronted him and his girlfriend at a motel three weeks before the wife's murder was admissible to show defendant's motive for killin

  • Sewell v. Hull/Storey Dev. LLC

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph W. Padgett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . A. Rowland Dye Dye, Tucker, Everitt, Wheale & Long, Augusta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A2447

    Landlord's agreement that it would be responsible for providing security in shopping center's common areas did not create a duty for the landlord to provide security on tenants' pre

  • Caf Erotica Inc. v. Peach County

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Maddox Jr. Thomas E. Maddox Jr. PC, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan S. Cole and Charles E. Cox Jr. Cole & Cox, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1256

    Since county attorney had no power to vote on county ordinance banning alcohol sales at adult entertainment businesses, his statement that the county intended to eliminate nude dancing did not show

  • Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Talbott County Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hubert C. Lovein Jr. Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: William C. Moore, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1941

    Although privately-owned woodlands were classified as conservation use properties that are taxed on their current use value rather than fair market value, evidence of the properties' fair market va

  • Brady v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Floyd, Jasper, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roger Queen, District Attorney, Ellijay, and John G. Wilbanks Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Jasper, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2362

    Evidence that defendant drove despite the fact that his driver's license was revoked in 1989, he was notified of the revocation, and the license was never reinstated supported his convi

  • Gosier v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Bessonette, Homerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Bradfield M. Shealy, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2214

    Cocaine purchased from defendant by undercover agent was admissible despite discrepancy between police report's statement that drug buy took 25 minutes and agent's testimony that it took less

  • Kinney v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William H. Newton III, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tambra P. Colston, District Attorney, Rome, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1424

    Evidence that defendant and his accomplices bludgeoned and stabbed the victim in order to take her money was sufficient proof of the underlying armed robbery to support his felony murder convi

  • U.S. Filter Distribution Group Inc. v. Barnett

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Johnson and Kenneth P. Johnson McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry L. Fitzpatrick, Danielsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0210

    The time computation method of O.C.G.A. § 1-3-1 d 3, allowing additional time if a filing deadline falls on a weekend, does not apply to the 3-month deadline for filing a materialman's

  • Heard v. Hart

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, and Christina D. Wagner, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: John M. Taylor Lewis, Taylor & Lee PC, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1745

    Plaintiff was not diligent in attempting to serve defendant with his renewal action under her maiden name at an old address, since defendant gave her married name and new address in her deposition t