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  • In re A.S.O. & N.L.R.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence M. Korn, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Sanders B. Deen and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Reagan W. Dean and David J. Casey, Marietta, and W. Keith Barber Allen & Barber PC, Statesboro.
    Case Number: A99A2241

    The mother waived her right to a separate nonreunification hearing when she consented to the consolidation of that hearing with the action to terminate her parental r

  • Hall v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin P. Bradley and Philip T. Raymond III Shaffer, Raymond & Dalton, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Verna Smith, Dublin, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A1787

    The trial court erred in finding that the child of a bigamous marriage was illegitimate since the child was born before the marriage was declared

  • Sanders v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Tyndall Moore, Chambliss & Allen, Moultrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Andrew W. Pope, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, Anthony S. Gunn and Wesley J. Lewis, Assistant District Attorneys, Moultrie, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0697

    The trial court properly ordered defendant's removal from the courtroom after he repeatedly interrupted the proceedings and stated that he would continue to

  • Schoen v. Cherokee County

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen F. Lanier, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert M. Mahler, Canton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A1670

    The Board of Commissioners did not violate Georgia's Open Meetings Act when it met with the county attorney to discuss a proposed consent order involving pending zoning litig

  • Huguley v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter M. Zeliff, Public Defender, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Maria Murcier-Ashley and Melissa L. Himes, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0639

    Defendant was not entitled to a charge on the lesser included offense of reckless conduct, since his admission that he fired the shots to warn the victims showed his intent to commit aggravated as

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Michael Bass Closson, Bass & Tomberlin, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Jennifer A. Thomas, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1882

    The trial court properly instructed the jury that defendant's mistaken belief that the child molestation victim was over 16 years old was irrelevant and no de

  • Graham v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emmett J. Arnold, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Erman J. Tanjuatco, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2301

    Defendant was not entitled to an equal access charge regarding drugs found in his co-defendant's truck since the court did not charge that he was presumed to possess the drugs merely because he was

  • Ward v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie C. Weaver Weaver Law Offices, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, and Richard E. Thomas, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2270

    A videotape of the perpetrator and testimony regarding the stolen merchandise corroborated the defendant's confession that he entered the grocery store with a shirt over his head and stole beer and

  • Mills v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
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    Case Number: A99A2324, A99A2325

    Since federal regulations require the same warnings from all railroad crossing automatic warning devices, evidence that some of railroad's devices previously gave delayed warnings was admissible in

  • Sexton v. Clayton County Tax Digest

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Lee Sexton & Assocs. PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald M. Comer II, Jonesboro, Brian R. Dempsey, Jack R. Hancock Hancock & Echols, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Laurel E. Henderson, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0379

    Trial court set an excessive millage rate for temporary collection of ad valorem taxes pending approval of county's tax digest, since that rate would allow the county to collect funds exceeding its b