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  • In the Interest of C.K.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Y. Brown Brown & Gill LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Dennis R. Dunn, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and James T. Chafin III, McDonough, for appellee. Other party representation: Sharon J.S. Whitwell, Locust Grove.
    Case Number: A00A0072

    Evidence that the mother suffers from a severe mental illness and did not cooperate with DFACS in scheduling psychiatric appointments and attending counseling sessions supported the termination of h

  • Georgia Receivables Inc. v. Welch

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth C. Whealler, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cheryl Welch, Kennesaw, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A00A0289

    Collections company could not enforce health club membership contract against defendant since the contract did not specify the exact date on which her right to cancel the contract ex

  • Burruss v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John V. Lloyd Barr, Warner, Lloyd & Henifin, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Michael K. Dennard, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0252

    Defendant's claim that he was improperly sentenced as a recidivist was meritless since O.C.G.A. § 17-10-2 a does not apply to sentences imposed on a guilty

  • Cullingham v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter W. Furlong, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Jessica K. Moss, Assistant Solicitor General, and Jason A. Beato, Assistant Solicitor, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2334

    Officer's testimony that he read defendant the 1997 implied consent law for suspects over age 21 twice was sufficient to show that he in fact informed defendant of his implied consent r

  • Cox v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A99A2374, A99A2375, A00A0173

    Defendant was not entitled to severance of his trial from that of his co-defendants even if the evidence showed he kicked the victim only once and that the majority of the victim's injuries were ca

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas R. Moran, 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: A99A1931

    Neither the trial court nor defense counsel had any duty to inform defendant that he would have no right to withdraw his guilty plea to burglary once the court pronounced his sen

  • Woodson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen T. Smith, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Bonnie K. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2110

    Before sentencing defendant as a recidivist, the trial court should have determined whether his five prior out-of-state felony convictions were for conduct that would have constituted felonies in Ge

  • In the Interest of S.B.

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vicki E. Carter, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tony D. Coy, Athens, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Russell C. Gabriel University of Georgia Legal Aid Clinic, Athens, and John C. Shelton, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0174

    Evidence that mother did not prevent her one-month-old daughter from being sexually molested and shaken to death supported the finding that her 16-month-old child was dep

  • State v. Gehris

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph T. Bowden Jr., Solicitor, Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, David M. Zagoria and Pilar Gigante, Assistant Solicitors General, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1746

    City police officers who witnessed defendant's collision outside city limits did not relinquish their authority to investigate that incident just because they asked a county officer to investiga

  • In the Interest of A.M.L.

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amelia G. Pray, Austell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorney General, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Charles E. Clark and Clay R. Thompson, Marietta.
    Case Number: A99A2477

    Evidence that mother repeatedly abandoned her son to the care of others and suffered from a disabling psychiatric disorder supported termination of her parental r