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  • Naranjo v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Bradley, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Bonnie K. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1475

    The state showed that the defendant entered his guilty plea freely and volunt

  • Childers v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Luttrell and Gregory A. Hicks, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Cecelia Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1924

    Defendant was not entitled to cross-examine the victim's mother, his ex-wife, about her irrelevant spending practices during their mar

  • Duke v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony S. Carter, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Charles E. Rooks, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1967

    The state failed to show that the collective knowledge of law enforcement officers justified a Terry stop based on a 911 dispatch which provided a description of defendant's ve

  • In the Interest of T. S. T.

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula O. Free, Jefferson, and Douglas W. McDonald Sr. McDonald & Cody Law Offices, Cornelia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Camp and Deidra L. Schad, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0878; A02A0879; A02A0880

    The reunification requirements set forth in O.C.G.A. § 15-11-58 a did not apply to a father's private petitions to terminate his former wife's parental r

  • Weir v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tina M. Richards, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Jessica K. Moss, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, and Jeffrey B. Grabble, Assistant Solicitor General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2086

    Defendant continued driving until he reached his apartment complex, even though he heard the arresting officer's siren, saw the flashing blue lights and understood that the officer was trying to eff

  • Humphrey v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy A. Moulton, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Brian K. Ross, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1587

    The trial court considered inadmissible hearsay evidence in denying defendant's request for first offender trea

  • Blount v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton and Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven L. Harris, Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1307

    The officer had probable cause to stop defendant under the totality of the circumstances because he was looking for a suspect who entered a vehicle and defendant was driving a dew-covered truck whic

  • Heard v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas O. Humphries Jr. Newton County Public Defender's Office, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1644

    The trial court did not charge a separate method of committing aggravated assault in defining both methods of committing simple assault—the lesser included of

  • Tackett v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfred F. Zachry, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Lydia S. Caldwell, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0865

    The state failed to establish venue with regard to one out of six counts of aggravated child molest

  • Lyons v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clark C. Adams Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Melvin E. Hyde Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1743

    The trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized under warrant where the warrant did not provide details establishing probable cause to s