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  • In the Interest of A.B.S.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T.M. Garland and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0549

    Even though the juvenile used his fingernails to scratch an "X" from his shoulders to his waist in response to discipline at the detention center, he was not committable because medication controlle

  • In the Interest of B.R.W.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A99A2392, A99A2393

    The trial court considering parental rights termin did not have to give preference to the child's grandmother in placing the child after termin

  • In the Interest of T.B.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A99A2086, A99A2087

    Evidence that the 16-year-old mother quit high school to get a job and that the 21-year-old father was not a model citizen did not support the termination of their parental rights, since both parent

  • 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