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  • 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

  • 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

  • Downey v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joanne E. Elsey, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Charles M. Norman, Debra H. Bernes and Maria B. Golick, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0297

    While executing a fugitive warrant for defendant's arrest, police officers were entitled to s his entire home to locate him and secure and clear any weapons they discovered during that s

  • Silcox v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Millard G. Gouge, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0519

    Defense counsel engaged in trial tactics when he called defendant as the only defense witness, since he wished to retain the right to closing arguments and other witnesses' testimony would have been

  • Garrard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virgil L. Brown and Bentley C. Adams III Virgil L. Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Michael E. Hobbs, Deputy Attorney General, Patrick D. Deering Patrick D. Deering & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, and Robert G. Morton, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0324

    Defendant's indic on RICO charges in one county did not bar his subsequent indic on similar charges in another county, since different facts supported each indic

  • Nash v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony T. Pete, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, and James D. Love, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A0316

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that remanded the defendant's case so that he could attempt to prove his guilty plea was involu

  • Jones v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2000-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A99A2369

    The trial court properly dismissed defendant's answer and entered a forfeiture judgment against him since the answer was not verified and did not contain information regarding the seized property r

  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie G. Patterson and Yasma Patterson, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis J. Kirby, Solicitor General, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2501

    Even though the defendant only pleaded guilty to driving while a less safe driver, the trial court properly sentenced her to 24 hours in jail because she admitted that her blood alcohol level wa