• In the Interest of J. D. F.

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Privin, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Jason T. Harper Crumbley & Crumbley, McDonough, for appellee. Other party representation: Faye E. Hayes, Ann K. Miller, Stockbridge, and Alissa Ratcliff, McDonough.

    Case Number: A05A2328

    Insufficient evidence supported a finding that the children's deprivation with regard to their incarcerated father would continue upon his scheduled release in December

  • Hooks v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caprice R. Jenerson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Edwina M. Watkins, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S05A1744

    The evidence authorized the jury to find that a gun officers found on the defendant's girlfriend's property was the murder weapon, even though police could not make a conclusive determination as to

  • Mobley v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia F. Angeli, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jewel C. Scott, District Attorney, Jonesboro, and Bonnie K. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1914

    The pretrial lineup was not impermissibly suggestive, even though the defendant was the sole handcuffed suspect, since the other three suspects were required to stand as if they were handcuffed as

  • Rucker v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony S. Carter, Monroe, and John T. Strauss, Newton County Pub. Defender, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1743

    The known but untested informant did not provide any information concerning the defendant's future behavior to support the officer's traffic

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  • Winkfield v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel N. Shiver Office of the Pub. Defender, Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Hartwell, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0814

    DNA evidence showed that the semen and sperm on the 74-year-old rape victim's bedding could only have come from the defendant or his identical twin br

  • Bouve and Mohr LLC v. Banks

    Publication Date: 2005-08-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Carlock, Mary K. Greene and Renee Y. Little Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James A. Goldstein and Jonathan P. Hayes James A. Goldstein PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0687

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in sanctioning the defendant for spoliation, because the police officer investigating the plaintiff's rape case was also employed by the defendant as a s

  • James v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-08-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Moore, Warner Robins, and Charles W. Byrd, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Elizabeth K. Bobbitt and Sandra G. Matson, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1108

    The 4-year limitation period for the crime of concealing the victim's death in January 1999 did not start to run until July 2003, when the shooter confessed to police and took them to the victim's

  • In the Interest of J. B.

    Publication Date: 2005-07-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua J. Smith, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Richard K. Murray, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0250

    Evidence that the grandmother was found drunk, unresponsive and unable to care for her grandchild supported the juvenile court's order approving a nonreunification

  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Fulton County Pub. Defender Inc., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Vonnetta L. Benjamin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S05A0627

    The defendant killed one victim for the sole purpose of causing his wife emotional distress, then shot at several strangers, killing one of them, in an attempt to create the illusion of an unknown k