• Sprayberry v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monica T. Myles, Public Defender, Douglasville, and Mary Erickson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Stephen L. Corso, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2147

    Evidence that officers questioned defendant for only two hours before he confessed contradicted his claim that he made the statement under duress and was worn out from hours of questi

  • Taylor Auto Group Inc. v. Jessie

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Hudson Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Pamela S. James and John C. Bell Jr. Bell & James, Augusta, for appellee. Other party representation: Lou Litchfield Schulten, Ward & Turner LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A99A0827

    The fact that plaintiff may not prove her fraud , theft and RICO claims against auto dealer did not justify denial of class action certification against dealer or bar plaintiff from serving as class

  • Dickson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Puckett Jr., Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Sheila A. Connors and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2351

    The officer had reasonable suspicion to stop and frisk the defendant for weapons after he observed the defendant pass a large plastic bag between two vehicles parked in a known drug

  • Willingham v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2211

    Given defendant's confession to molesting his 11-year-old daughter and the corroborating medical evidence, his attorney's failure to object to evidence that defendant had sexual fantasies about his

  • Stuckey v. McCalla

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward J. Dovin and Michel V. Hurley Page & Bacek, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott H. Michalove, Carol V. Clark and Peter L. Lublin McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Lewis E. Hassett, Tacita A. Scott and Jessica F. Pardi Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A99A2427

    Parties' agreement tolling the statute of limitation for claims that would have expired between Dec. 29, 1988, and Jan. 15, 1990, did not toll the limitation period for plaintiff's breach of fiducia

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  • Millar v. Fayette County Sheriff's Dep't

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Lee Sexton & Assocs. PC and John S. Mixon Jr. Foster & Foster PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Phillip P. Grant McNally, Fox & Cameron, Fayetteville, Marvin A. Devlin Thomas, Means, Gillis, Devlin, Robinson & Seay and Jennifer D. Odom Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A99A2202

    Attorney could not seek injunction compelling sheriff's department to comply with his Open Records Act request for records related to his client's suit, since his right to seek those records through

  • Kimball v. Cedartown Med. & Therapy Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Miles L. Gammage and John S. Husser Mundy & Gammage PC, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Rebecca T. Christian and Roger S. Sumrall Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: J. Clinton Sumner Jr. Magruder & Sumner, Rome.

    Case Number: A99A2227

    Plaintiff had to file her renewal action within six months of the dismissing her original action, not within six months of the subsequent amending a typographical error in the first

  • Cox v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Bradfield M. Shealy, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2479

    In admitting evidence that the child molestation victim claimed to be sexually active, the trial court properly applied the Rape Shield Statute to exclude evidence that her sexual partner was her bo

  • 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

  • Heard v. Hart

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    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