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  • In the Interest of J. L.

    Publication Date: 2004-09-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Render M. Heard Jr., Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, and Warren L. Mixon Mixon & Mixon, Ocilla, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1572

    The mother was not entitled to a hearing prior to approval of the DFACS case plan because she did not formally object within the 10-day period stipulated by the pa

  • Masters v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2004-09-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard J. Dreger Dreger, McClelland & Pieschel LLP, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carol V. Clark and Monica K. Gilroy McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark LLC, Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1517

    Plaintiff's motion for clarification was, in substance, an untimely motion for reconsideration, which he filed after expiration of the term of court in which the order in question was en

  • Rice v. Lost Mountain Homeowners Assoc. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-09-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Andrew Rice and Kathryn W. Rice, Powder Springs, proceeded pro se. Richard W. Calhoun Brock, Clay, Calhoun, Wilson & Rogers, Marietta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A1244

    The plaintiffs' 11-foot-high white vinyl fence violated the restrictive covenants applicable to their

  • Collins v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-09-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly L. Copeland, Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Leslie K. DeVooght, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1081

    The defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to co when he fired his privately retained co 10 days before trial and refused the trial court's offer to appoint standby co

  • Crutchfield v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-08-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel R. Partain and Anthony S. Carter Walton Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and David E. Boyle, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1643

    Defendant failed to return a truck to a dealership after taking the truck for a test

  • Woodson v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-08-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie Woodson, Oglethorpe, proceeded pro se. Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Bonnie K. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A04A1360

    The trial court had authority to expressly impose consecutive sentences for each of defendant's five felony convic

  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Antonia Phillips, Springfield, proceeded pro se. William S. Askew, District Attorney, and May K. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A04A0839

    The officers responding to a fight at a nightclub had probable cause to a the defendant based on one officer's independent knowledge that there were outstanding warrants for the defendant's a

  • State v. Morgan

    Publication Date: 2004-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph M. Walke, District Attorney, and Terry F. Hollland, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen R. Yekel, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0703

    The state failed to meet its burden of proving that a supervising officer authorized the roadblock in question for a valid p

  • Crowley v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony S. Carter, Monroe, and John T. Strauss, Public Defender, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Kelly D. Kautz, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0505

    The arresting officer had probable cause under the circumstances to stop the defendant after he attempted to flee when the officer approached him and asked him only very general ques

  • Madison v. Barnett

    Publication Date: 2004-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon Larke, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Mildred K. Jackson Fleming, Jackson, Ingram & Floyd PC, Augusta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A0196

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the paternal grandparents' adoption petition because it was in the child's best interest to have both sets of grandparents working together to