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  • In the Interest of E. J.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melaniece N. Bardley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, and Jerry W. Thacker, Conyers, for appellant. Other party representation: Temika J. Williams, Decatur.
    Case Number: A07A0680

    The mother's long history of drug abuse, failure to complete her reunification case plan, repeated willingness to place her drug addiction over her child's needs, and failure to bond with her child

  • In the Interest of T. R.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence W. Daniel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorney General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0281

    The maternal grandmother/adoptive mother struck the youngest child in the face, hit the children with a belt and pushed one child down into a tub of water after asking if he wanted to die and

  • Cunningham v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven B. Mizerak, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0173

    The officer's discovery of steel wool and prescription drugs in the defen purse, while attempting to ascertain defen identity, was inevitable and the items the officer found in the defe

  • Simmons v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2344

    The precise method of transfer is not an element of the crime of theft by t

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sanford A. Wallack, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2300

    The trial court did not violate the defe s confrontation right in directing defense counsel not to reference prison, probation or any possible punishment in cross-examining the co-defe

  • Forbes v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1893

    The defendant's repeated sexual molestation of his daughter almost every night from the time she was 13 until she was 16 supported the defendant's convictions for rape, incest, child molestation, ag

  • In the Interest of E. G.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melanie D. Thompson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Jerry W. Thacker, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1944

    The mother's mental disability and her failure to comply with her case plan by failing to meet housing, employment and child support requirements supported the termination of her parental r

  • Kaiser v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan B. Kaiser, Washington, proceeded pro se. William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A06A1767

    A defendant, whose sentence in void, is entitled to withdraw his plea up until the time of re-sentencing, because a void sentence acts as if no sentence has been entered a

  • In re: Adoption of D. J. M. F.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Irene A. Steffas, Marietta, and Jerrold W. Hester Hester & Assocs., Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: James B. Outman Claiborne, Outman & Surmay PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1936

    The Honduran child's immigration status was irrelevant to his aunt and uncle's petition to adopt him, since a child does not have to be a U. S. citizen to qualify for adoption under Georgi

  • In the Interest of D. B.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric A. Ballinger, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Susan K. Treadaway, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0199

    The juvenile's conviction for unruly child in violation of O.C.G.A. § 15-11-2 could not state, because the state failed to show that the juvenile deserted his place of abode i.e. that he left home