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  • In the Interest of K. N.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William H. Newton III, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Holly A. Bradfield, Rome, for appellee. Other party representation: Timothy J. Crouch, Rome.
    Case Number: A04A1820

    The mother failed to properly care for her own H.I.V.-positive status, maintain a job, regularly attend scheduled visits or develop a basic relationship with her

  • Chamblin v. K-Mart Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen L. Ivie, Ashburn, and John M. Brown, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Nicole W. Stout and James S. Strawinski Strawinski & Goldberg LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2203

    Under the learned intermediary rule, the prescribing physician, not the pharmacist, has the duty to counsel or warn his/her patients about the possible adverse effects of prescribed medica

  • In the Interest of K. S.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa G. Bowen, Blackshear, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2134

    A finding of deprivation must be based on the parent's unfi

  • Stone v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. Murray, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Sharon M. Fox, Assistant District Attorney, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0692

    The totality of the circumstances supported the trial court's finding that the 15-year-old's statement to police was knowing and volu

  • In the Interest of M. K. H.

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald C. Gibson, John P. Rivers, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and James A. Chamberlin Jr., Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: Dorothy R. Avera, Brunswick.
    Case Number: A04A2093

    The mother refused to financially support her children, tested negative at only one of 22 scheduled drug screens, was habitually late to visitations and failed to receive treatment for her mental di

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul K. Cook, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, and Samuel H. Altman, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1730

    The defendant waived his Fourth Amendment objection to the admissibility of his custodial state

  • Harper v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathaniel Harper, Carrollton, proceeded pro se. Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Finnis K. Salmon, Rome, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A05A0260

    The defendant's five prior felony convictions, which he pled guilty to on the same day before the same judge and for which he received concurrent sentences, were not "consolidated for trial" as cont

  • In the Interest of K. R.

    Publication Date: 2004-11-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earle J. Duncan III, Glennville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Sherri P. McDonald Newtton, Smith, Durden, Kaufold & Rice, Vidalia, for appellee. Other party representation: Sean J. Lowe Cheney & Cheney PC, Reidsville, and Carol B. Miller, Pembroke.
    Case Number: A05A0097

    Some evidence showed that the mother unjustifiably failed to comply with her case

  • Eason v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin W. Drummond and Ruth K. Johnson, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2206

    The defendant failed to show that his trial counsel was defi

  • In the Interest of K. E. P.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Vaknin, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard L. Waters Jr., Robert C. Richardson Jr. and Alfred J. Powell Jr., Camilla, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1076

    Evidence that the mother did not establish a bond with the child, failed to visit her for over a year and a half, paid no support and was living with a man who had a history of violent behavior and