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  • In the Interest of G. B.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tamara Jacobs, Barnesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Nina J. Edidin, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, for appellee. Other Party Representation: Karen K. Martin Martin & Martin, Barnesville.
    Case Number: A03A1146

    The mother's intent to allow her child to continue visiting the grandmother's violent home supported the termination of the mother's parental r

  • Suntrust Bank v. Peterson

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hubert C. Lovein Jr., Timothy K. Adams Jones, Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, R. Alex Crumbley Crumbley & Crumbley, McDonough, and John P. Harrington Smith & Harrington, Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: . W. McMillan Walker, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0870

    The superior court lacked jurisdiction to hear the probate of decedent's 1997

  • In the Interest of M. M.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Rabb Wilkerson III, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A03A1174. Lisa J. Allen, APO, AE, for appellant in A03A1175. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Walter G. Sammons Jr., Warner Robins, for appellee. Other party representation: Jon A. Nixon, Warner Robins.
    Case Number: A03A1174; A03A1175

    The evidence did not support termination of the mother and father's parental rights where there was no evidence of continuing domestic abuse and both parents cooperated with DFACS, maintained stable

  • Pitts v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vicki E. Carter, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Patricia K. Atwill, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1132

    Defendant failed to show prejudice in the court's denial of his motion for a separate even though he was tried before a jury in conjunction with his co-defendant's nonjury

  • In the Interest of D. D. B.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William H. Newton III, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Atlanta, and Holly A Bradfield, Rome, for appellee. Other Party Representation: James G. Meeks Meeks & Richardson, Rome.
    Case Number: A03A1441

    The mother's history of mental illness and unwillingness to consistently to treatment for her condition supported the termination of her parental r

  • State v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bart G. Altman and Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1526

    The trial court erred in finding that a densely wooded swamp area outside the curtilage of the defendant's home was not an "open field" for purposes of Fourth Amendment ana

  • Cole v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel K. Franck Houston County Public Defender's Office, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan R. Tawse Jr., Solicitor General, and Arthur J. Creque, Chief Assistant Solicitor-General, Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0946

    The officer's attempts to accommodate defendant's request for independent testing were not reasonable under the circumst

  • Buggay v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steve C. Buggay Jr., Ambrose, proceeded pro se. Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A03A1609

    The trial court properly merged the defendant's convictions for misdemeanor fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer and fleeing or attempting to elude and sentenced him solely on the

  • Sellers v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy P. Healy and Nina M. Svoren Healy & Svoren, Toccoa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Hartwell, and Richard K. Bridgeman, Assistant District Attorney, Carnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2103

    The identification of a minor victim by initials in a charging document is insufficient to put the defendant on notice of the particular person against whom the crimes were allegedly comm

  • Williams v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. M. Raffauf, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lisa S. Morchower Assistant City Attorney, George M. Weaver and Larry D. Wolfe, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1075

    A direct appeal of an order denying substit of a party was premature where the case remained pending below and numerous issues awaited resol