• Tyson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George T. Smith Barnes, Browning, Tanksley & Casurella, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Bruce D. Hornbuckle, Debra H. Bernes and John C. Richter, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1603

    Police officer had no probable cause to arrest defendant for child molestation since he found no physical evidence, no victim and no corroboration of witnesses' claims that they saw the crime comm

  • In re Healy

    Publication Date: 2000-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean A. Black, Toccoa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1016

    Criminal defense attorney did not commit criminal contempt while questioning an expert witness when he referred to his client not being convicted in his first murder trial, which ended in a hung

  • Sparks v. The Hosp. Auth. of the City of Bremen and County of Haralson, Ga.

    Publication Date: 2000-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas B. Murphy Murphy, Murphy & Garner, Bremen, John H. Parker Jr. and Leo E. Reichert Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan M. Cavan, Seaton D. Purdom and Christopher R. Stovall Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, J. Thomas Vance and Steven T. Minor Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton.

    Case Number: A99A1146

    City/county hospital authority violated the Hospital Acquisition Act by transferring control over nonprofit hospital to a medical center without first disclosing the transaction to the state attorne

  • Richardson v. Barber

    Publication Date: 2000-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Eckhardt and Louis E. Hatcher, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert M. Margeson III, Albany, and W.P. Traylor III Yearout, Myers & Traylor, Birmingham, Ala., for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1005

    Father who provided no legal or emotional support to his son and did not establish a relationship with the child was entitled to only $5,000 of the $1 million settlement for the child's wrongful

  • Hambrick v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A99A2440, A99A2441

    In response to the jurors' asking whether defendants were charged merely with striking correctional officers or also with threatening those officers and refusing to be handcuffed, the trial court p