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  • Sanford v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luana K. Walsh, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1636

    An adult's consumption of alcohol is irrelevant to the issue of char

  • Acevedo v. Kim f/k/a Acevedo

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A0798

    Weaver v. Jones, 260 Ga. 493 1990 decided the question of whether father's petition seeking a declaratory judgment as to his obligation for past child support stated a claim for r

  • Morris v. Morris n/k/a Surges

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A1372

    Absent a transcript, the trial court was presumably correct in finding the husband in contempt for failing to comply with the prov of his divorce decree as it related to property div

  • Wade f/k/a Corinthian v. Corinthian

    Publication Date: 2008-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
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    Case Number: S08A0363; S08A0363

    O.C.G.A. § 19-6-15 e provides that a custodial parent may seek to extend child support payments for a child, who has reached age of majority, but has not yet completed his or her secondary educ

  • Robinson a/k/a Mabry v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S08A0771

    The defendant waived his right to challenge admission of the similar transaction evidence by failing to object at

  • In the Interest of K. R. S.

    Publication Date: 2008-02-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S08A2005

    Georgia's Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act is not unconstitutionally vague or over

  • Mobley v. Jackson Chapel Church a/k/a Jackson Chapel United Methodist Church

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. McCown, Jeffrey N. Woodard and Stephen B. Farrow Minor, Bell & Neal, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ivy S. Duggan Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, and Frank H. Jones, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1407

    The plaintiff acquired adverse possession over the disputed property by using it for church purposes, including a cemetery, for over 20

  • Porter-Martin v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alison K. Arce, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James C. Watkins, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A2090

    O.C.G.A. § 9-11-60 d does not authorize a substantive correction to a final divorce decree without an order setting aside the jud

  • Gay v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John K. Gross, Metter, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, Charles D. Howard, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Raina J. Nadler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A0401

    The trial court's error in admitting a witness's st ts in violation of federal and state confrontation clauses was harmless, since the hearsay portion of the testimony regarding the witness's s

  • Collins v. Winter

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell K. Willard, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Joseph H. Fowler Hartley, Rowe & Fowler, Douglasville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S03A0393

    No evidence supported the trial court's judgment directing the return of certain, undescribed tools in the beneficiaries' suit for breach of a