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  • 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

  • In the Interest of T. C.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josephine B. Jones, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Andrew S. Foster, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1272

    Termination of the father's parental rights is supported by evidence that he has been incarcerated for much of the time the children have live with their godparents and his failure to meet any of h

  • In the Interest of H. F. G.

    Publication Date: 2006-08-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Richardson Jr., Camilla, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Brian D. Bellamy, Thomasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1129

    Evidence that the mother is mildly retarded and unable to care for her child without around-the-clock assistance from others supported the termination of her parental r

  • Carlisle v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-08-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1128

    The evidence authorized the jury to find the defendant guilty as a party to the crime of st , since some evidence showed that the defendant intentionally aided and abetted the co-defendant's s