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  • Melvin v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vernita L. Lee, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Bradfield M. Shealy, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2318

    The jury was authorized to conclude that the defendant was a lookout for the gunman, not an innocent bystander, during the robbery of a convenience store

  • Williams v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel MacDougald III, Larry K. Butler Butler & MacDougald PC, David A. Webster, Atlanta, and Richard M. Goodman, Detroit, Mich., for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter B. McClelland Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Robert J. Routman MARTA Law Dep't, Atlanta, C. Wade McGuffey Jr. and Jennie R. Halenza Goodman McGuffey Austin & Lindsey LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: W. Seaborn Jones and Roger K. Whitesides Gleaton Scofield Egan & Jones, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A2044

    The Georgia Employer's Liability Act does not apply to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, even though MARTA is a common ca

  • Casey v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Jr., District Attorney, and Alvera A. Wheeler, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1229, A00A1461

    Miranda did not apply to the officer's initial questions about where the defendants came from and where they were going after he stopped them for spe

  • City of Atlanta v. Arnold

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan P. Langford and Bruce P. Johnson City of Atlanta Dep't of Law, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd K. Maziar, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1056

    An injured police officer who quit work to receive a disability pension could not show that he was entitled to a resumption of temporary disability benefits based on a change in condition because he

  • McNeece v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T. Blackmon Thomason & Blackmon PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1598

    The officer who was on the lookout for any whit in the area lacked probable cause to stop the defendant just because he was driving a whit

  • Davis-Redding v. Redding

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ana-Beatriz P. Kennedy and Deborah A. Johnson Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1846

    Venue for purposes of the wife's family violence petition was proper in either the county where the family's residence was located or the county where the husband was staying with his br

  • Anthem Casualty Ins. Co. v. Murray

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel C. Hoffman Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Scott & Smith, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas L. Gibson Gibson & Spivey, Neal L. Conner Jr. Kopp & Conner PC, Waycross, Blanche R. Miller Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, and Joan P. Shaker Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1501, A00A2304

    Given the conflicting evidence as to whether the employee was fully compensated for his catastrophic on-the-job injuries, the worker's compensation insurer was not entitled to summary judgment on it

  • Ellerbee v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tamara Jacobs Lindsey & Jacobs, Barnesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Fayetteville, and Jamie K. Inagawa, Assistant District Attorney, Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1849

    The state's failure to comply with the notice requirements for admissibility of simi ansaction evidence as set forth in USCR 31.1 was harmless because the defendant had actual notice of the sim

  • Crider v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Eddie B. Bassett, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1141

    The similar transaction statement of defendant's 12-year-old daughter that he molested her was admissible under Georgia's Child Hearsay Statute because the daughter was available to testify and the

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Gratz Jr., Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford P. Bowden, District Attorney, and Kevin E. Hutto, Assistant District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2469

    The trial court's misstatement in charging the jury on mere presence did not warrant reversal because the jury had a correct written copy of the trial court's entire c