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  • In the Interest of R. D. B.

    Publication Date: 2008-01-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
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    Case Number: A07A2184

    The mother and son tested positive for methamphetamine, following the son's birth, and the mother was incarcerated eight months later on a 10-year sentence for possession of methamphetamine with

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-01-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A07A2038

    The arresting officer had authority to stop the defendant for displaying an improper tag in violation of O.C.G.A. § 4

  • Manley v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: McNeill Stokes, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn and Jeanne M. Canavan, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1048

    The trial court was not required to comply with Uniform Superior Court Rule 33.10, since the defendant's was a non-negotiated

  • Patton v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Diana L. Davis, McDonough, and Leigh S. Schrope Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and John A. Pipkin III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0657

    The untested informant's tip provided probable cause to support an investigatory detention, since the tip predicted some aspects of the defendant's future beh

  • Moorer v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key Sexton, Key & Hendrix PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Alicia C. Gant, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0755

    The search of defendant's home was justified as a protective sweep, since it was reasonable for police, who knew there were two armed men involved in the crime, to ascertain if another perpetrator w

  • In the Interest of B. W.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert E. Brooks Jr. and James S. Astin, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, and Billie J. Crane, Cedartown, for appellee. Other party representation: Kimberly D. Puckett, Dallas.
    Case Number: A07A1486; A07A1487

    Evidence that neither parent completed their case plan goals, the mother's refusal to address her drug addiction and the father's refusal to acknowledge his mental health problems supported the term

  • LaFette v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jovan D. LaFette, Oglethorpe, proceeded pro se. Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A07A0732

    Habeas provided defendant's only remedy after expiration of the term of court in which the trial court entered judgment on his convi

  • Conway v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails, Augusta, for Conway. Samuel W. Cruse, Augusta, for Bates. Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Edwina M. Watkins and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S06A1649; S06A1650

    The defendants hired a shooter to kill the first defendant's ex-boyfriend and the shooter killed the ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend, who happened to be with him at the

  • Guyton v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Newell McAfee Hamilton Jr. and Anthony L. Harrison, Brunswick, for Guyton. Ronald E. Harrison II, Brunswick, for Cooper. Grayson P. Lane, Brunswick, for Jones. Alan D. Tucker, Brunswick, for King. Kevin R. Gough, Brunswick, for Preston. Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Charles K. Higgins, Leslie K. Devooght, Assistant District Attorneys, Brunswick, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Laura D. Dyes and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S06A1532; S06A1533; S06A1534; S06A1535; S06A1537

    Although the state's felony murder and burglary case against the five defendants depended on accomplice testimony, the state presented additional corroborating testimony from the victim's girlfriend

  • Biddy v. City of Cartersville

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. Hoyt Deming & Hoyt PC, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles E. Johnson III Shivers & Assocs., Alpharetta, and Edward K. Lovell David G. Archer PC, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1876

    The defendant city was entitled to summary judgment because the plaintiff failed to establish that the city owned or operated the truck that sprayed her with an unknown substance and allegedly cause