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  • Crutcher v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-06-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace L. Byrd, Acting Chief Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Jennifer L. Scott, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0274

    The defendant was not entitled to a directed verdict on a disorderly conduct charge where the evidence showed that he violently" shook his keys at ano river after a collision and scratched the

  • In the Interest of A. B.

    Publication Date: 2004-06-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shane M. Geeter, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Thomas J. O'Donnell, Milledgeville, for appellee. Other party representation: Kelli C. Rutherford, Gray.
    Case Number: A04A0774

    DFACS did not prove deprivation from alleged Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy where others observed the child's eating difficulties and seizures, the mother agonized over whether surgery was appropriate

  • In the Interest of M. T. M.

    Publication Date: 2004-06-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Classens Edenfield, Cox & Classens, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Sherri P. McDonald Newtton, Smith, Durden, Kaufold & Rice, Vidalia, for appellee. Other Party Representation: Hugh Peterson III McIntyre & Peterson LLC, Vidalia, and Anne L. Durden, Bartow.
    Case Number: A04A0922

    The evidence authorized the juvenile court to find that the mother continued to be an unrehabilitated drug abuser following her release from prison and that the children's older sibling died from p

  • Jones v. Burks

    Publication Date: 2004-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Edwards and William D. Edwards, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary K. Bahl, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1109

    In granting custody to the maternal grandmother, the trial court failed to make preliminary findings by clear and convincing that granting custody to the children's biological father would harm them

  • Crumpton v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Dalton Jr. and J. Stephen Gupton Jr. J. Stephen Gupton Jr. PC, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard W. Shelton, Solicitor, and Sandra K. Sanders, Assistant Solicitor General, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0311

    No evidence supported the defendant's contention that the solicitor coerced him into entering a guilty plea to simply battery by offering him the choice of entering the plea or remaining in jail for

  • Bartley v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick G. Longhi, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman and Timothy B. Lumpkin, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0770

    Defendant entered a pool hall carrying a gun and wearing a ski mask, he demanded money from the owner, placed the gun to the owner's head and pulled the trigger, but the gun failed to

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jo C. Nesset-Sale, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Patricia K. Atwill, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0063

    Some evidence supported the special jury's finding that the defendant was competent to stand trial, despite his l

  • Hendrix v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Phillips, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Alvera A. Wheeler, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0713

    The trial court did not err in charging on self-defense where the evidence showed that the aggravated assault victim straddled the defendant and struck him repea

  • Joyner v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Kidd, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, and Michael T. Muldrew, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0207

    The defendant entered the victim's at 1:30 a.m. without permission, awoke the victim by touching her on her pubic area and took money and prescription drugs from her

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-05-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anne L. Durden, Bartow, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, and Mary K. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0194

    The 12-year time-lapse between the similar transaction evi and the charged crimes went to the weight, not the admissibility of the similar transaction evi