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  • In the Interest of V.D.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earle J. Duncan III, Darien, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, and James A. Chamberlin Jr., Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1600

    Some evidence showing that the father was unfit supported the judgment finding the child deprived and awarding DFACS temporary cu

  • Scovill Fasteners Inc. v. Northern Metals Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rachel K. Powell and John G. Despriet Smith Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott M. Herrmann The Herrmann Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2268

    The trial court did not err in denying cover damages to the buyer for items the buyer ordered, because the trial court properly considered matters outside the Request for Quotation RFQ such as cours

  • Martinez v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Carole Cox, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1687

    Their collective knowledge authorized the officers' warrantless search of the pickup truck in which the defendant was riding as a passenger to the prearranged location for a controlled buy of two po

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance D. Dutton Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Richard A. Hull, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0605

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion to suppress marijuana found in his car during a traffic stop, because the officer asked for consent to search defendant's car nearly contempora

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond F. Gordon, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Fortner and Matthew C. Krull, Solicitors General, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0501

    The evidence, showing that the defendant selected articles of clothing, placed two items inside his pants and fled when confronted sufficiently supported his shoplifting convi

  • Placanica v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melinda D. Taylor Spruell Taylor & Assocs. PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Jessica K. Moss, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, Melissa C. Brickey and Jason B. Fincher, Assistant Solicitors General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0535

    The defendant continued making unwanted contact with a 17-year-old after she asked him to leave her

  • Hunt v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon Hicks, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Anece Baxter, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0394

    Without a transcript of the motion in limine, the trial court presumably ruled correctly in admitting photographs contained on the USB drive found on the same floor of a hotel where the defendant s

  • Carter v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia G. Abbott Abbott Law Firm and Justin J. Wyatt, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, and Erman J. Tanjuatco, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0426

    The trial court did not err in conducting the required test balancing the probative value of defendant's prior felony conviction for enticing a child for indecent purposes against its prejudicial ef

  • Great West Casualty Co. v. Bloomfield

    Publication Date: 2010-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephanie C. Patel Dennis, Corry & Porter, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Davis K. Loftin and Peter A. Law, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Barry L. Roseman, Joseph Citron Roseman & Citron LLP, Audrey M. Tolson, Mickiel D. Pete Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Sistrunk PC, and Bruce A. Taylor Jr. Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A09A1758

    The trial court erred in failing to set forth its basis for denying an insurer's request for attorneys' fees and expenses pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-11-68 b, because only a finding that the insurer's

  • State v. Parrish

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and William J. Hunter, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hoyle McLendon III Public Defender's Office, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2173

    Defendant's wife's authority to consent to a police search did not extend to defendant's locked gun ca