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  • Mills v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Gardner Jr., Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, Richard K. Bridgeman and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorneys, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0361

    The trial court, of its own volition, had authority to charge on ro by intimidation as a lesser included offense of armed ro

  • Bright v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams III Virgil L. Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman S. Gunter, District Attorney, and Darrell E. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, Dahlonega, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A0666, A99A0667

    Upon remand for reconsideration, the Court of Appeals vacated in part its decision in Bright v. State, 238 Ga. App. 876 1999, holding that, in light of Brewer v. State, 271 Ga. 605 1999, the child v

  • In the Interest of M.D.

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek M. Wright The Wright Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Robert E. Hall Rubin, Winter, Rapoport & Hall, Atlanta, and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorney General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1367

    Regardless of whether the mother's mental illness was likely to continue, her failure to cooperate with DFACS until six months after the termination petition was filed and her failure to support or

  • In the Interest of D.M. and D.M.

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher E. Ringue and Bobby G. Adkins Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: James K. Knight Jr., Cathy B. Lerow and David C. Butler, Marietta.
    Case Number: A00A0096, A00A0097

    The biological father lost all r to his twins when he failed to file a petition to legitimate them within 30 days of receiving notice of the petition to terminate his parental r

  • Jakel v. Fountainhead Dev. Corp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Bellows, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark W. Alexander Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1239

    The contract entered into by plaintiff and subdivision developer was not an option contract, since it did not bind the developer to sell the lots to plaintiff, describe the property with particulari

  • Southern Waters Dev. Inc. v. Thomas R. Hopson-Broker Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emmett C. Touchstone Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James C. Busch, Chad K. Reed and Richard A. Hull Jackel, Rainey, Marsh & Busch LLC, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0264

    Since it did not provide detailed calculations to show that defendant owed $33,534, plaintiff did not show that it was entitled to summary judgment in that a

  • McFadden v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Bonnie K. Smith and Lalaine A. Briones, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1148

    The trial court had authority to determine the sufficiency of the factual basis of the defendant's guilty plea, in part, through the state's att

  • In the Interest of S.T., K.T. and M.T.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Gustinella, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, John R. Strother III Duffy, Feemster & Lewis LLC and Linda J. Carter, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1245

    The mother's failure to comply with her case plan, her voluntary absence from her children, and her inability to support her children or provide a home for them clearly supported the finding that te

  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold A. Sturdivant and Michele K. Ogletree Sullivan & Sturdivant, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, and Daniel A. Hiatt, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0178

    Defendant's unequivocal confession that his was the principal actor in the robbery undermined his subsequent argument that his confession was not voluntary because he feared reprisal from his

  • Welch v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold A. Sturdivant and Michele K. Ogletree Sullivan & Sturdivant, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, and Daniel A. Hiatt, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0572

    Forensic evidence and the victim's unequivocal identification of defendant was sufficient to prove he was the att