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  • State v. K. L. M.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Vanessa C. Webber, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gina M. Grady Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0296

    Schoolhouse searches by public primary or secondary school officials will pass constitutional muster, only if the searches are conducted "entirely without the participation of law enforcement offi

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert P. Schlanger, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Berry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, and Katherine L. Griffiths, Assistant Solicitor, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0126

    The trial court's error in denying the DUI defendant's written request for a jury charge on circumstantial evidence tracking the language of O.C.G.A. § 24-4-6 was not harmless and requires rev

  • Farley v. Hawkins

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chester L. Cannon Jr. Smith & Cannon, McRae, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alice W. Padgett, Augusta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0214

    In the absence of a trial transcript, clear and convincing evidence presumably supported the trial court's decision to terminate the father's parental r

  • Brown v. Columbus Doctors Hosp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-02-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Taylor and Jefferson C. Callier Taylor, Harp, Callier & Morgan, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John K. Train IV Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2292

    The trial court reversibly erred by failing to strike a prospective juror for cause, who stated that he would have a hard time being impartial, since his company had an on-going relationship with th

  • In the Interest of C. L. C.

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Moncus, 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 Richard K. Murray, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1657

    Evidence that the father demonstrated violent and abusive behavior, which was wide ranging and current, supported the termination of his parental r

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Drew Findling and Cris E. Schneider The Findling Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jewel C. Scott, District Attorney, and Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1491

    The defendant confessed that he was the masked gunman who accosted two employees, forced them into a business office and robbed a movie th

  • In re I. M. G.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua D. Earwood, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A05A1505. Thomas N. Brunt, Cartersville, for appellant. in A05A1506. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Barry S. Haney Neel & Smith, Cartersville, for appellee. Other party representation: Kelley A. Dial Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Cartersville.
    Case Number: A05A1505 & A05A1506

    The juvenile court erred in admitting testimony from a psychotherapist, who was providing mental health treatment to the mother, in a parental termination proce

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Drew Findling and Cris E. Schneider The Findling Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jewel C. Scott, District Attorney, and Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1491

    The defendant confessed that he was the masked gunman who accosted two employees, forced them into a business office and robbed a movie th

  • In the Interest of M. W.

    Publication Date: 2005-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josephine B. Jones, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1132

    Evidence showing that the father's mild mental retardation and adjustment disorder limit his ability to maintain a safe and clean residence supported the termination of his parental r

  • Heller v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Jerrell Ramsey, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Jan Kennedy and Leslie K. DeVooght, Assistant District Attorneys, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0896

    The state proved that the defendant possessed drugs seized from his house an