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  • Milner v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-05-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0556

    The trial court erred in charging the jury that it could convict the defendant for making terroristic threats in a manner not alleged in the indic

  • In the Interest of K. C. W.

    Publication Date: 2009-05-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica D. Huff, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and James T. Hunnicutt Hunnicutt & Taylor PC, Newnan, for appellee. Other party representation: James G. Baker Kirby & Roberts PC, LaGrange.
    Case Number: A09A0943

    The father's extremely low-functioning mental capacity rendered his unable to properly supervise and care for his special need

  • Hicks v. Heard

    Publication Date: 2009-05-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven K. Leibel, Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: Render C. Freeman, Michael J. Blakely Jr. Anderson, Tate & Carr PC, Lawrenceville, and Jeffrey P. Yashinsky Shur, McDuffie & Morgan, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A0874

    A part-time as-needed employee's prior speeding citation and involvement in a prior minor accident was insufficient to establish her incompetence or a pattern of reckless dr

  • In the Interest of A. B.

    Publication Date: 2009-05-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason K. Hoffman, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Render M. Heard Jr. Carter & Richbourg LLP, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0021

    The children's continued deprivation would likely cause them harm, since it was highly probable that the mother inflicted the burns to her older child, she has a history of anger management problems

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-05-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dustin K. Kirby, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, District Attorney, and William M. Olson, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0609

    The arresting officer had probable cause to stop the defendant in a convenience store parking lot for playing loud music in violation of OCGA § 40-6

  • Freeman v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-05-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer F. Arndt, Assistant Public Defender, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Clint C. Malcolm District Attorney's Office, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0543

    The defendant told the victim that she had something for her, then repeatedly struck the victim with a sharp instrument causing a 5 to 6-inch arm wound that required inside sutures and outside st

  • Danco Fin. Inc. v. Mauldin Body Shop Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-05-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel A. Coleman, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: G. Channing Ruskell Carson & Ruskell, Woodstock, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0627

    A body shop forfeited its right to storage fees under the abandoned motor vehicle statute, O.C.G.A. § 40-11-2, because it failed to timely notify the vehicle's lien holder and strict compliance with

  • Muskett v. Sketchley Cleaners Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-05-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. Muskett, East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: William H. Major III and Ryan J. Lucas Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0238

    The trial court's charge concerning traversal of a static defect was legally and factually apposite under the present trip-and-fall case's circumstances and adjusted to the facts and evidence prese

  • Wingfield v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-05-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. Lenhardt, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard K. Bridgeman, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0427

    The evidence supported the prosecutor's closing statement that the defendant was in the business of dealing

  • In the Interest of H. L. H.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Thompson Jr., Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony B. Erwin, Calhoun, Lorie A. Moos, Special Assistant Attorney General, Cartersville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kathryn A. Fox, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: George P. Govignon Bailey & Govignon, Calhoun.
    Case Number: A09A0479

    The mother lacked stable employment and housing, drank heavily, used marijuana and snorted co