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  • In the Interest of G. W. R.

    Publication Date: 2004-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Denise S. Esserman and Rita C. Spalding, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald C. Gibson, Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: John P. Rivers, Brunswick.
    Case Number: A04A1448

    The father had an extensive criminal history, including convictions for aggravated assault, aggravated battery and domestic violence, he threatened the children's and their mother's lives and he ow

  • Buckley v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Buckley, Folkston, proceeded pro se. Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A04A1563

    The evidence was not sufficient to show that the stolen pendant the defendant pawned was worth more than $500.

  • Chancellor v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Suellen Fleming, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Sandra G. Rivers, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1953

    Defense counsel's decision not to call witnesses in order to preserve the right to close arguments was stra

  • Stephens v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ralston, Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael K. McKinney Ray & McKinney, Ellijay, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1607

    An officer found the defendant passed out behind the steering wheel of a parked vehicle occupying two parking spaces in a restaurant parking lot with the engine running and defendant failed a field

  • Ziegler v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan P. Waters, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Elizabeth K. Bobbitt, and Myra H. Kline, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1471

    The accomplices corroborated each other's testimony in which they implicated the defendant in the armed robberies of two restaurants on two subsequent n

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Culp, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, and Melanie J. Brogden, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2273

    Any error in allowing two officers to testify that the toy gun used by the defendant looked real was harmless since their test was cumulative of another officer's unobjected-to test

  • Eason v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin W. Drummond and Ruth K. Johnson, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2206

    The defendant failed to show that his trial counsel was defi

  • Gibbs v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam and Asha T. Rodney Axam, Axam & Secret PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville,
    Case Number: A04A1738

    Defense counsel was deficient for failing to protect his opportunity to use the defendant's dental records at trial to corroborate the impeached and biased testimony of defense witnesses that defend

  • In the Interest of J. T. W.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason K. Hoffman, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0961

    The Court reinstated the biological mother's parental rights because DFACS failed to present any evidence that her child would be seriously affected by her continuing parental relatio

  • Milner v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry V. Smith and Bret E. Rudeseal, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Kay A. Wetherington, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1530

    The court's violation of O.C.G.A. § 17-8-57 did not seriously affect the integrity of the judicial proceedings where the court attempted to protect the pro se defendant's right to a fair