• In re The Estate of Willie R. Jackson Sr.

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley E. Foster Arrington & Hollowell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Willie R. Jackson Jr., Fairburn, proceeded pro se. Other party representation: Scott Mercer The Lawyers Surety Co., Douglasville.

    Case Number: A99A2492

    Estate administrator's failure to file proper and timely annual returns accounting for estate's receipts and expenditures merited his re

  • Vasquez v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathy S. Palmer, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, and Samuel H. Altman, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2242

    Therapist who was the clinical director of a facility for abused children and interviewed the victim several times was qualified to testify as an expert witness for the

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica R. Towne and David E. Clark Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Julie A. Kert, Assistant City Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2304

    Although defendant's alcosensor breath test was inadmissible to prove that he drove with an illegal blood alcohol level, it was admissible to impeach his testimony that he drank only three beers and

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A99A2506

    Defendant was not entitled to a jail time credit on his armed ro sentence, since he would have been jailed on unrelated charges even if he had not been charged with this armed ro

  • Myers v. North Ga. Title & Tax Free Exch. LLC

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: A99A1944

    Plaintiff's quiet title lawsuit against defendant was not barred by defendant's prior dispossessory n against plaintiff, since plaintiff could not dispute defendant's title in that dispossessor

  • Parkman v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2481

    Defendant's acquittal on firearms charge was not inconsistent with his armed ro conviction since there was evidence he assisted the co-defendant gunman during the ro

  • Cox v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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