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  • Hicks v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Nichols Preston & Preston, Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, and Kurt J. Martin, Assistant District Attorney, Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1626

    The defendant engaged in a prima facie case of racial discrimination, when he used all of his strikes against white j

  • In the Interest of H. E. M. O.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason P. Hood, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Barry S. Haney Neel & Smith and James E. Goad, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1615

    The mother's history of unrehabilitated illegal drug use, including methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and acid, her resistance to treatment and her refusal to acknowledge her problems put her chil

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirby Clements Jr., Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1494

    The evidence supported a finding that the defendant had constructive possession of the drugs found in his car and in his brother's

  • In the Interest of J. L.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key Sexton, Key & Hendrix PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Mary E. Evans-Battle, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellant.
    Case Number: A06A1407

    The juvenile struck her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend with her car and sped

  • Floyd v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word, Chief Circuit Pub. Defender, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Stephen M. Gray, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1064

    The state gave race-neutral reasons for striking four African-American prospective jurors, as the four were unmarried, the prosecutor believed that unmarried people were less likely to have children

  • Rayo-Leon v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phyllis R. Williams, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1142

    The arresting officer was authorized to stop the defendant's vehicle after observing the defendant weave in and out of his lane of tr

  • Mitchell v. Georgia Dep't of Community Health

    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Claire C. Murray, Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, James W. Boswell III, Misty M. Speake King & Spaulding, Michael R. Hurst Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ga. Inc., and David C. Will Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Michelle K. McDonald and Toni Castel Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A1073

    The plaintiff received actual notice prior to her surgery that the provider was not in her PPO provider

  • Freeman v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Davis K. Loftin, Peter A. Law and Ernest M. Moran Peter A. Law PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert J. Decusati McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Tommy C. Mann Mann & Mann, Macon.
    Case Number: A06A0939

    A factual question remained as to whether the defendant had knowledge of the rolled-up carpet mat lying across an aisle in the defendant's produce department prior to the plaintiff's

  • Tanner v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Drew W. Powell, Public Defender, and Laurie K. Landsittel Public Defender's Office, Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1298

    Even if the officer had not waited for a drug dog to alert to the passenger side of the defendant's vehicle, the cocaine in the defendant's glove compartment would have been discovered during the in

  • State v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard W. Shelton, Solicitor, and Sandra K. Guest, Assistant Solicitor General, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicola M. Bajalia, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1514

    The officers exceeded the permissible scope of a Terry pat-down search when they asked for permission to search the defendant for the specific purpose of determining whether he was in possession of