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  • In the Interest of A. R.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tran H. Lankford Gary, Leshaw & Assocs., Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Daniel C. Thomas, Covington, for appellee. Other party representation: Melissa A. Bruzzano, Covington.
    Case Number: A08A2411

    Service of deprivation petition on incarcerated father of three children at issue was not perfected pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 15-11-3

  • McBee v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura K. Willcox Ballinger & Assocs., Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joe W. Hendricks Jr., District Attorney, and David V. Rhoden District Attorney's Office, Ellijay, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1937

    Officers found methamphetamine under the passenger seat where the defendant was sitting, as well as a syringe and brass knuckles in the defendant's pockets, and the defendant admitted giving a false

  • In the Interest of D. S.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan A. Kesler, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Sara A. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2297

    The arresting officer, who was working at a restaurant as a security guard, was engaged in the lawful discharge of his official duties-checking the identification of restaurant patrons to ensure th

  • Griffis v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin G. Ryan, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., Solicitor General, and Angelique B. McClendon, Assistant Solicitor, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2244

    The defendant lay drag in the officer's presence-in a fast-food restaurant drive-thru line-in a manner, which could have caused injury to person or pro

  • Dae v. Patterson

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas F. Jones Thomas F. Jones & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oliver R. Register, Thomasville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A0370

    The plaintiff prematurely filed her motion for a new trial before the trial court entered judgment on the jury's verdict denying her motion to set aside a deed in which she gifted her home to the de

  • Kline v. KDB Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Weinstock and Matthew W. Carlton Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason B. Schwartz Temple, Strickland, Counts & Dinges, Decatur, Harvey S. Gray, Christopher M. Ziegler Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, Cheryl R. Reid and Richard A. Carothers Carothers & Mitchell, Buford, for appellant. Michael Connor Sr. and Michael Connor Jr., Mableton, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A08A1594

    Evidence that the arresting officer had probable cause and exigent circumstances to lawfully arrest the plaintiff without a warrant for criminal trespass at a bar and restaurant precluded the plaint

  • Matthews v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph Washington The Eason Law Firm, College Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2003

    The record showed that the defendant entered his guilty plea to aggravated battery, cruelty to children and family violence battery knowingly and volunt

  • Whatley v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Finnis K. Salmon, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1866

    The trial court harmlessly erred in allowing the state to impeach the defendant's witnesses with evidence of their prior convictions without engaging in O.C.G.A. § 24-9-84.1 a 1's required balancing

  • In the Interest of R. S.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick S. Jones, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Sandra G. Rivers and Mary E. Evans-Battle, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2401; A08A2402

    The victim identified the first juvenile at trial at the one, who acted as a lookout, while the other juvenile put a gun to the victim's chest, took cash from the gas station's cash drawer and opene

  • In the Interest of A. D.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: April L. Williams, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1962

    The juvenile grabbed his mother's waist and tackled her to the floor, where he pinned her down until other family members physically intervened and the attack rendered his mother's knee incapacitate