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  • Stokes v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John D. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Mark A. Hendrix, Melissa L. Poole, Assistant District Attorneys, Hinesville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Chad E. Jacobs, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1975

    The defendant was one of three men, who lay in wait for the intended victim to make a night deposit from a dollar store, and, when the victim drove up in a truck, which resembled the intended victim

  • In the Interest of A. F.

    Publication Date: 2007-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cassandra M. Ford, Milledgeville, for the father. Carl Santos Cansino, Milledgeville, for the mother. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Thomas J. O'Donnell, Milledgeville, for appellee. Other party representation: Douglas L. Price, Milledgeville.
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    Case Number: A06A1980; A06A1981

    Termination of the mother's and the father's parental rights reversed, since the clear and convincing evidence did not show that the children's deprivation was likely to continue, where both parents

  • Douglas Asphalt Co. v. E.R. Snell Contractor Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick L. Wright II Vaughn, Wright & Boyer LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael E. Johnson Troutman Sanders, Eric L. Nelson Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP, David H. Flint Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, David M. Toolan, Atlanta, and Wade H. Coleman Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie & Preston, Valdosta, for appellees. Other party representation: Alfred A. Malena Jr. Thompson, Slagle & Hanan LLC, Duluth, Matthew R. Clark Troutman Sanders, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary J. Volkert, Assistant Attorney General, and Sheldon K. Fram, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A1392

    The trial court did not err in permanently enjoining the disclosure of unredacted copies of certain documents containing asphalt design mix formulas under the Open Records Act, because evidence show

  • Daniels v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-11-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy M. Grantham, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Charles M. Stines, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Chad E. Jacobs, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1456

    The defendant's guilty plea to robbery by intimidation for armed robbery, which occurred two years before at another convenience store in the same town was admissible to show the defendant's intent,

  • In the Interest of C. M.

    Publication Date: 2006-11-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Connolly, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Susan C. Stanton, Woodstock, for appellee. Other party representation: Michael C. Chisolm, Canton, and Betsy R. Choder, Kennesaw.
    Case Number: A06A1812

    The mother did not visit her children once in the last nine months, she had a history of irregular visitation, failed to maintain stable housing or a stable job, and paid only $60 of the $900 she ow

  • In the Interest of D. R.

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meron Dagnew and Bentley C. Adams Public Defender's Office, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Cynthia N. Johnson, Cohutta, for appellee. Other party representation: Philip F. Woodward and Curtis Alan Kleem, Dalton.
    Case Number: A06A0928

    The father suffers from epileptic seizures, which are not controlled by medication, incapacitate the father for 15-30 minutes, and render him dangerous to p without a reliable co-p

  • In the Interest of M. R.

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul M. Ledbetter, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John J. Martin, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1059

    Clear and convincing evidence supported the juvenile court's determination that the children's deprivation would continue, despite the father's recent efforts to comply with his reunification case

  • In the Interest of T. J.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Samms, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jason S. Naunas, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Marie Y. Watson, Avondale Estates, and Hurl R. Taylor Jr., Ellenwood, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1560

    The mother failed to avail herself of a second opportunity four years ago to comply with her case plan when the Court reversed a prior order terminating her r

  • In the Interest of H. F. G.

    Publication Date: 2006-08-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Richardson Jr., Camilla, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Brian D. Bellamy, Thomasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1129

    Evidence that the mother is mildly retarded and unable to care for her child without around-the-clock assistance from others supported the termination of her parental r

  • Rabun County v. Mountain Creeks Estates LLC

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald A. Cronin Jr. O'Quinn & Cronin, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Cummings II Cummings & Dillard, Clayton, T. Michael Tennant, A. McCampbell Gibson and Christina H. Eikhoff Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06A0042; S06A0043

    The county was entitled to immunity with regard to a subdivision's claim for damages arising out of the county's refusal to accept ownership of the subdivision's roads, because the subdivision did n