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  • 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

  • In the Interest of H.D.McC.

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry H. Tatum, Norcross, 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 John L. Welsh II, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Other party representation: Deborah L. Stone Gwinnett Juvenile Court and Debra W. Hale, Lawrenceville.
    Case Number: A99A2498

    Evidence that father waited six months to comply with court's directive that he legitimate his child, that he had a history of drug abuse and that he infrequently visited the child supported termina

  • Hall v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David S. West and Bruce S. Harvey Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Gregory K. Schwarz, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2201

    Since defendant abandoned his backpack containing co by dropping it before he fled police, he could not challenge the admissibility of the co

  • Lee v. American Cent. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A99A1378, A99A1379

    Vacating its previous decision, the Court of Appeals now holds that insurer cannot be liable for failing to add property owner to tenant's policy since owner received a copy of the policy and the mi

  • Maxwell v. Cronan

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl A. Puls Jr. Hartley & Puls, Kathy E. Jarman, Decatur, and Andrew W. Estes, Sylva, N.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: E. Wycliffe Orr, Gainesville, William K. Campbell, Covington, James T. Budd and William R. Youngblood Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A1404, A99A1405

    Plaintiff's complaint allegation that school board waived its sovereign immunity to the extent of any existing automobile liability coverage was sufficient to place the burden on the school board t

  • Vickers v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. O'Dell, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tambra P. Colston, District Attorney, and Fred R. Simpson, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0282

    The defendant's admission that he had oral sex with the 13-year-old victim corroborated her testimony that the defendant offered her cigarettes in exchange for kisses and tried to have sex with her

  • Willingham v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2211

    Given defendant's confession to molesting his 11-year-old daughter and the corroborating medical evidence, his attorney's failure to object to evidence that defendant had sexual fantasies about his

  • In the Interest of J.B.H.

    Publication Date: 2000-01-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. Witcher, Bremen, for appellant.
    for defendant: James R. Osborne, District Attorney, Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1642

    Evidence that the juvenile previously choked his sister, attacked other students at a detention center and was charged with breaking a boy's nose while in "lock-up" supported the juvenile court's fi

  • In the Interest of V.H.W. & S.D.R.W.

    Publication Date: 2000-01-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario S. Ninfo Ninfo & Ledbetter, Covington, and Richard K. Milford Milford & Milford, Carnesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Camp, 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: Nadine D. Bailey, Athens, and Victor Y. Johnson Graham & Assocs., Danielsville.
    Case Number: A00A0125

    Mother's neglecting her children, failing to provide financial support while they were in foster care and failing to comply with reunification plan supported termination of her parental r