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  • In the Interest of M. H. S.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul J. Oeland IV, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Leggett, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0037

    Parental rights of putative father terminated where he was incarcerated, not eligible for parole until the is 27 and expressed an unwillingness to provide financial support for the

  • Tiller v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven A. Cook, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Laura J. Murphee and Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0270

    The officer's prolonged detention of driver and search of vehicle after valid traffic stop was illegally based on hearsay evidence from an unknown ti

  • David v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Shampa Banerji, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1108

    O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391 k 1 could serve as the statutory predicate for the charged offense of first degree vehicular homicide, since the state was required to prove that the 17-year-old defendant's alco

  • In the Interest of J. W. K.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Thompson Jr., Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: James F. Ledbetter and Joseph D. Little, Calhoun, for appellee. Other party representation: George P. Govignon Bailey & Govignon, Calhoun.
    Case Number: A01A2290

    Former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-58 was inapplicable to a private child deprivation proceeding where the juvenile court did not order removal of the child from his

  • Gonzales v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darel C. Mitchell, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0362

    Evidence that the defendant lay in wait for the victim and shot him as soon as he saw his car approaching supported the jury's finding that the defendant shot the victim in anger, rather than in sel

  • DeCelles v. Morgan Cleaners & Laundry Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gene E. Massafra Wasson, Sours & Harris, and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David F. Root and Erika K. Hutt Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0631

    The evidence supported the jury's finding that the plaintiff reasonably relied on the terms of the parties oral agreement for the sale of its laundry business when it closed its existing store, tran

  • Cotting v. Cotting

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven R. Cotting, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. Terri A. Candler Weekes & Candler, Decatur, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A03A0540; A03A0541

    The trial court abused its discretion in awarding $7,000 in attorneys' fees to the wife, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14, in husband's suit to enforce the parties' divorce settlement agreement, witho

  • Neely Dev. Corp. v. Sevice First Invs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Edwin Hallman Jr. and Harry K. Buttermore III Decker, Hallman, Barber & Briggs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emory L. Palmer, H. Lane Young II Hawkins & Parnell, and Glenn A. Delk Lightmas & Delk, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1291

    Defendant's obligation to execute a restrictive covenant survived the parties' real estate closing where they executed an Addendum and Acknowledgement, which expressly and unambiguously provided tha

  • Black v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Diane M. Moore, Jasper, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Sandra G. Rivers and Thomas R. McBerry, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0454

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for molesting his 13-year-old stepdau

  • Fernandes v. Manugistics Atlanta Inc. f/k/a Talus Solutions Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Manoll III and Richard G. Douglass Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason C. Grech Cushing, Morris & Armbruster, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1042

    The evidence showed that the plaintiff was paid all of his earned commissions under the unambiguous terms of his employment cont