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  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean A. Black, Toccoa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, and Lisa A. Jones, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1158

    Evidence that the victim's mother suffered an emotional breakdown after learning that her daughter was molested was relevant to show her credibility and how she responded to the victim's o

  • In the Interest of M. C. L.

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa A. Redlin McNally, Edwards, Bailey & Lander, Monroe, and Joseph S. Rhymer, Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and John R. Laseter, Special Assistant Attorney General, Monroe, for appellee. Other party representation: Sheryl D. Fambrough, Lawrenceville, and G. Randolph Jeffery John W. Spence PC, Monroe.
    Case Number: A01A1336; A01A1337

    A couple's repeated incarcerations for various criminal offenses and their failure to comply with the reunification plan supported the termination of their parental r

  • In the Interest of D. A. E.

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Bass Jr. The Bass Law Firm, Cairo, for appellant.
    for defendant: 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 Brian D. Bellamy, Thomasville, for appellee. Other party representation: John G. Runyan and Andrew W. Clark, Thomasville.
    Case Number: A01A0981

    The mother's repeated incarcerations, her admitted drug use and her failure to obtain adequate housing supported the termination of her parental r

  • Morrison v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shandor S. Badaruddin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Thomas A. Cole and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1177

    Repetitive Bruton objections to testimony about the co-defendants' statements would have served no purpose because defendant claimed he was coerced into participating in the c

  • In the Interest of S. H.

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra W. Hale, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and John L. Welsh II, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Other party representation: Deborah L. Stone Gwinnett Juvenile Court, Lawrenceville.
    Case Number: A01A1391

    If it can be established that the putative paternal grandfather is a blood relative of the at issue, he must be investigated and considered as a possible placement for the

  • Harvey v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1232

    The trial court properly admitted evidence of two similar robberies to show defendant's intent, modus operandi and course of co

  • Riley v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Phillips, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0924

    Defense counsel's attorney stating that the trial court failed to review the lead investigator's files on remand lacked probative value because it was replete with inadmissible he

  • Jenkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William T. Payne, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1429

    The trial court did not clearly err in determining that defendant's custodial statement was voluntary based on the investigators' testimony that they did not threaten to take defendant's children

  • Threatt v. Forsyth County

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Irwin W. Stolz Jr. Gambrell & Stolz LLP, and George E. Butler II, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Angela D. E. Davis, Kenneth E. Jarrard Jarrard & Davis LLP, and Rachel K. Iverson Morris, Manning & Martin, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0657; A01A0748

    The property owners were entitled to prejudgment interest from the date of the county's condemnation of their property based on the difference between the special master's $7.3 million award and the

  • Wallace v. Stringer

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent J. Savage and C. Dorian Britt Savage, Turner & Pinson, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert J. Descusati McLain & Merritt PC, Lucian Gillis Jr., Atlanta, and Anthony A. Rowell Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Tifton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0235

    A jury question remained as to whether defendant's employee's conduct in threatening plaintiff constituted an as