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  • Dotson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace L. Byrd Office of the Pub. Defender, and Roderick K. Bridges, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Barbara M. Collins Solicitor's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2153

    The defendant drove down a neighborhood street, weaved erratically and collided with a car parked on the opposite side of the street from his lane of t

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. Murray, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Patricia K. Atwill, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1201; A05A1202

    The superior court had concurrent jurisdiction with the juvenile court over a 1974 armed robbery offense, which the defendant committed when he was 16 year

  • Chhina Family Partnership LP v. S.K. Group of Motels Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-10-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael C. Hall, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ben B. Mills Jr. Mills & Chasteen PC, Fitzgerald, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0926

    Merger clause in a sales contract for the purchase of a motel did not defeat the buyer's fraud claim, since the buyer based that claim on misrepresentations contained in the contract i

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-08-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Kidd, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0877

    The defendant sold a gun consistent with the one used in an armed robbery of a restaurant, in which $400 in rolled coins were stolen, and he was arrested in possession of two rolls of pennies from t

  • Blackwell v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-08-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. Murray, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Dalton, and Barry S. Minter, Assistant District Attorney, Chatsworth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1162

    Although the loaded shotgun and rifle found during a consent search of the defendant's car when he was arrested for stalking were not related to the aggravated assault charges against him, which ste

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul K. Cook, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, Mary K. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, and David C. Walker, Assistant District Attorney, Carnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0741

    The trial court's error in admitting an unauthenticated audiotape of the second of two controlled buys between defendant and a confidential informant was harmless, in light of other direct and circu

  • In the Interest of K. B. F.

    Publication Date: 2005-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald B. Lowe III, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Kimberly Rowden, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1423

    The juvenile drove the other assailant to the victim's residence, spoke with the victim before the other assailant held a gun to the victim's head and led police on a high-speed chase away from the

  • In re K. M. C. and Z. Z. C.

    Publication Date: 2005-06-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Earl Seals Seals & Whatley, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and James T. Hunnicutt, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0065

    The mother failed to take substantial steps to comply with her reunification plan until after the hearing was scheduled to terminate her parental r

  • In the Interest of A. K.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria E. Rowan, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Andrea R. Moldovan, Douglasville, for appellee. Other party representation: Jerry F. Pittman, Douglasville, Rita F. Cooper, Powder Springs.
    Case Number: A05A0670

    The Court remanded for a further determination regarding a 7-year-old child's placement following the termination of her mother's parental rights, because DFACS did not present sufficient evidence o

  • In the Interest of A. K.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria E. Rowan, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Andrea R. Moldovan, Douglasville, for appellee. Other party representation: Jerry F. Pittman, Douglasville, Rita F. Cooper, Powder Springs.
    Case Number: A05A0670

    The Court remanded for a further determination regarding a 7-year-old child's placement following the termination of her mother's parental rights, because DFACS did not present sufficient evidence o