• In the Interest of M. D. H.

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cory P. DeBord Carver DeBord PC, Canton, for M. D. H.. Shannon G. Wallace, District Attorney, Cliff Head, and Wallace W. Rogers Jr., Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, for State in Case No. S16G0428. Stephen A. Bradley, District Attorney, and Joseph M. McKinnon, Assistant District Attorney, Milledgeville, for State in Case No. S16G0546. Bethany A. Begnaud Public Defender's Office, Milledgeville, for D. V. H..
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16G0428; S16G0546

    When State fails to file a delinquency petition against a juvenile who is not detained within 30 days of the filing of the complaint or to seek an extension of that deadline from the juvenile court,

  • Blackmon v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Sirianni Jr., Winter Park, FL, and David J. Deganian, San Francisco, CA, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, and Mary C. Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Linda T. F. Day Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S16A1306

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for murder and other offenses, but the trial court erred in failing to sentence him for a crime for which he was found guilty and properly should have

  • Rozier v. Caldwell

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Aimee F. Sobhani, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1247

    The habeas court properly denied relief to petitioner following his convictions for murder and other crimes and the Court's affirmance of those convictions, as he failed to prove that he received in

  • LENNY GULLO ap, v. BELLHAVEN CENTER FOR GERIATRIC AND REHABILITATIVE CARE, INC., a/k/a BELLHAVEN NURSING CENTER def, MARK SHAPIRO, ETC., res

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Rivera, J.P.; Roman, Cohen and Miller, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

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    LENNY GULLO ap, v. BELLHAVEN CENTER FOR GERIATRIC AND REHABILITATIVE CARE, INC., a/k/a BELLHAVEN NURSING CENTER def, MARK SHAPIRO, ETC., res — Motion by the appellants, in effect, for l

  • ZACHARIAH W. (ANONYMOUS). ADMINISTRATION OF CHILDRENS SERVICES, PETITIONER-res, DOMINIQUE W. (ANONYMOUS), res-res

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Eng, P.J.; Rivera, Dillon, Balkin and Leventhal, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

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    MATTER OF ZACHARIAH W. (ANONYMOUS). ADMINISTRATION OF CHILDRENS SERVICES, PETITIONER-res, DOMINIQUE W. (ANONYMOUS), res-res — Appeal by Dominique W. from an order of the Family Court, K

  • ISAIAH T. F.-C. (ANONYMOUS), a/k/a ISAIAH F.-C. (ANONYMOUS), a/k/a ISAIAH F. (ANONYMOUS), a/k/a ISAIAH C. (ANONYMOUS). GRAHAM WINDHAM SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, PETITIONER-res, DJUAN C. (ANONYMOUS), res-res

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Eng, P.J.; Rivera, Dillon, Balkin and Leventhal, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

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    MATTER OF ISAIAH T. F.-C. (ANONYMOUS), a/k/a ISAIAH F.-C. (ANONYMOUS), a/k/a ISAIAH F. (ANONYMOUS), a/k/a ISAIAH C. (ANONYMOUS). GRAHAM WINDHAM SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, PETITIONER-r

  • Jacobson v. Blaise, 2016-1037

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court, Clinton County
    Judge: Justice Robert Muller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Barry S. Jacobson, Brooklyn.
    for defendant: For Respondents: Christopher J. Fleury, of counsel, Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany.

    Case Number: 2016-1037

    Cite as: Jacobson v. Blaise, 2016-1037, NYLJ 1202771683160, at *1 (Sup., CLI, Decided October 14, 2016) CASENAME Application of Matthew Jacobson, Petitioner v.

  • Capps v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy C. Head Jr. Public Defender's Office, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: George E. Barnhill, District Attorney, Michelle C. McIntire, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1071

    Defendant failed to prove his several ineffective assistance of counsel claims in his murder

  • Bradshaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell R. Adams Public Defender's Office, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen A. Bradley, District Attorney, Milledgeville, Jean G. Mangan, Assistant District Attorney, Greensboro, Tuttle W. Barksdale III District Attorney's Office, Gray, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1070

    The record supported the trial court's findings that defendant made his statements to law enforcement freely and voluntarily, and the trial court did not err in admitting into evidence defendant's c

  • Shah v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine L. Dodd Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1083

    The trial court reversibly erred in declining to give defendant's requested jury instruction on reckless conduct as a lesser included offense of first degree cruelty to children, as there was some e