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  • Shell v. Teachers Retirement Sys. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0661

    Georgia law requires payment of applicable Teachers Retirement System of Georgia retirement benefits to the last-filed beneficiary designation, which in this case was the decedent's ex-wife, not

  • In the Interest of B. T.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0257

    The father never established a bond or visited his child, he failed to pay child support and he failed to attend hearings, which were specifically continued in order to allow him to make his case re

  • Heath v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0402

    The defendant entered the victim's home uninvited, knocked the victim to the floor and took $500 in cash and some credit cards from the victim's

  • Simmons v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0225

    The evidence, including the defendant's own inculpatory statements, supported his child molestation convic

  • In the Interest of S. N.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A08A0004

    Evidence that neither parent had complied with their reunification case plan goals supported the termination of their parental rights to their two chi

  • In the Interest of J. R. N.

    Publication Date: 2008-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A08A0524; A08A0525

    The mother failed to show harm from the admission of her drug test results at the deprivation hearing, since the juvenile court relied on other evidence to support its findings as to continuation of

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A08A0016

    The investigator's statement that the defendant's wife was being ' "targeted . . . for arrest" ' did not induce the defendant into confessing his involvement with box offic

  • In the Interest of K. W.

    Publication Date: 2008-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A08A0438

    The juvenile court had authority to reinstate the mother's parental rights based on newly discovered evidence and evidence of

  • Rudnitskas v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0047

    Evidence that the victim found the defendant at her back porch door, crouched down with a crowbar in his hand, beating bottom track of her door, supported his conviction for attempted bur

  • In the Interest of L. A. T.

    Publication Date: 2008-05-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A0597

    The evidence authorized the trial court to find that the mother's live-in boyfriend was sexually molesting the then 3-year-old and the mother failed to protect her from the molest