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  • In the Interest of I. C.

    Publication Date: 2009-11-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Mary E. Evans-Battle, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1439

    The juvenile shot his BB gun at a family and the doctrine of transferred intent ensured that the juvenile's original intent transferred to the v

  • Flewelling v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman M. Kilgore, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maurice Brown and Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1100

    The detective's oral testimony, identifying the victim as the source of information, was sufficient to supplement the written affidavit in support of the search wa

  • Naylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna A. Seagraves, Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard K. Bridgeman, District Attorney, Toccoa, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0835

    Evidence that the defendant saw knew about and saw one of was sufficient to find her guilty as a party to child molestation for that particular of

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, and W. Scott Brannen, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0894

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the videotape of the victim's forensic interview, since the interviewer developed rapport with the child, did not attempt to influence the c

  • Baker v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rickey L. Richardson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Vincent J. Faucette, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1314

    The deputy did not need articulable suspicion to approach the defendant's vehicle and request to see identification, since such action does not amount to a

  • Taylor v. Padgett

    Publication Date: 2009-10-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shawn D. Bible, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: John S. Husser, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1384

    The juvenile court lacked personal jurisdiction over the mother based on its improper grant of service by public

  • In the Interest of A. J. D. S.

    Publication Date: 2009-10-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earle W. Angell, Toccoa, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A09A1883. Willie J. Woodruff Jr., Toccoa, for appellant in A09A1884. Marie K. Evans, Clarksville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1883, A09A1884

    The mother failed to comply with reunification case plans during the year prior to the filing of the termination petition, was uncooperative with a drug screener, failed to pay child support consist

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, James L. Wright III and John A. Pipkin III, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1501

    The trial court properly admitted evidence found in a detached g

  • City of Chickamauga v. Hent

    Publication Date: 2009-10-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary K. Morris Williams, Morris & Blum LLC, Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: William D. Hentz, LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2099

    The Recreational Property Act barred the plaintiff's injury claims arising from her fall walking on a city-owned walkway, which was used for exercising, walking and jo

  • In the Interest of D. W.

    Publication Date: 2009-10-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anissa R. Patton, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Waymon Sims, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Robert E. Hall, Roswell, and Victoria Warren Dep't of Family and Children Servs., College Park.
    Case Number: A09A0900

    The juvenile court properly denied the petition to terminate the mother's parental rights to her three children, since DFACS failed to present clear and convincing evidence that the deprivation was