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  • Navarro v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymon D. Burns, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Matthew D. Crosby, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0537

    The defendant was not in custody when he answered the officers' knock at an apartment door, invited the officers inside, then admitted that he was at the scene of an aggravated assault and that he s

  • In the Interest of M. S.

    Publication Date: 2006-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark H. Yun, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, Joseph T. Justice, Dallas and Patricia K. Buonodono, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Martin E. Valbuena, Dallas.
    Case Number: A06A0068

    Evidence that the father failed to manage his anger, control his alcohol and substance abuse or demonstrate any insight regarding his mental health problems, abused his wife, and abused and neglecte

  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, and Mary K. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0376

    The trial court properly admitted pictures of the defe s damaged vehicle, which officers found in plain sight in the back of his home while investigating the victim's report that he saw the def

  • Jenkins v. Georgia Dep't of Corrections

    Publication Date: 2006-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: August F. Siemon III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Bryan K. Webb, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Steffanie W. Morrison, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0863

    A settlement agreement, in which the defendant agreed to employ the plaintiff temporarily, created an at-will employment relationship, since the language in the agreement did not specify a time fram

  • Bowden v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Purvis Tanyard Oaks, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, and James A. Dunn, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1077

    The trial court d abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion for a mistrial after the informant testified that he knew the defendant from prior deals with him, since the statement

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0706

    The defendant did not clearly and unambiguously request counsel when he asked the investigator "If I ask for an attorney will I be arr

  • Taylor v. Calvary Baptist Temple

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Don Smart Smart & Harris, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard C. Metz and Charles D. Gatch, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0446

    A former teacher's claims that the defendants 1 told a student to be safe 2 told students that the former teacher was terminated for a reason and 3 advised students not to attend the former teacher'

  • In the Interest of G. S.

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meron Dagnew and Bentley C. Adams III Public Defender's Office, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce A. Kling, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0283

    Evidence that a parent is having financial difficulties does not support a finding that the parent is

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0060

    The record did not support the defendant's allegation that the trial court erroneously charged on justification by tailoring it as a defense to hom

  • Branton v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Andrew C. Hall, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0648

    The defendant's speedy trial demand, which he filed three court terms after the term in which he was indicted, was unt