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  • In the Interest of A. P. S.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara K. Nye and Ali-Reza P. Ghanouni, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Jay G. Wall, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0069

    The juvenile court lacked jurisdiction over the appellant's prosecution for possessing marijuana, since the appellant tuned 17 ' "at the first moment of the day prior to the anniversary of his birth

  • General Elec. Capital Corp. v. Browning Mulch Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Camden B. Scearce Jr. Husch & Eppenberger LLC, CityplaceChattanoogaStateTenn.for appellant. Edward H. Warnock, McRae, for appellees.
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    Case Number: A10A0310

    The trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's claim, because the trial court could only dismiss without prejudice for failure to appear and no evidence in the record showed that the other part

  • Browning v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas P. Smith Public Defender's Office, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Sarah G. Rivers, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0027

    The trial court erred in ordering the defendant to pay $4.3K in restitution, because the state failed to prove the fair market value of the stolen ve

  • Adamson v. General Electric

    Publication Date: 2010-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Buck Childers, Buck & Schlueter LLP, David A. Webster, Wendell K. Willard, Atlanta, W. Benjamin Ballenger, Summerville, G. Patterson Keahey, Birmingham, Ala., and Gary M. DiMuzio, Houston, Texas, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John D. Dalbey, Amy E. Fouts Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Erin E. Shofner Hawkins & Parnell, Jennifer M. Techman Evert & Weathersby LLC, Robert A. Barnaby II Donahue, Nelson & Cohen LLC, Christopher G. Conley, Atlanta, and Nickolas P. T. Chilivis Cruser & Mitchell, Norcross, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A2302

    In an asbestos case, the appellants' other evidence, based on the decedent's depositions and the depositions of several alleged co-workers, sufficiently specific to establish that the decedent

  • In the Interest of JLK

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melinda M. Katz, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Laura A. Wood, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2308

    The evidence was insufficient to adjudicate defendant delinquent on the charge of simple assault, because the only evidence presented was he

  • Wallace v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Bradley, Lakemont, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1596

    The defendant's convi for pointing a pistol, merged as a matter of fact with his armed robbery convi

  • Belcher v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia L. Garrard and Anthony S. Carter Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1965

    The state showed with reasonable certainty that the marijuana tested by the evidence technician was the same contraband delivered to the defe

  • Carolina v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald R. Parker, Assistant Public Defender, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and William J. Hunter, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2053

    The expert, who made the determin that the substance in question was contraband, testified at trial and was subject to cross-examin

  • Nava v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sanford A. Wallack, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0833

    The defendant's convictions for aggravated assault and armed robbery each required proof of fact that the other di

  • Clark v. Chapman

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Oliver, Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan M. Briskin, Byron M.G. Sanford Briskin, Cross & Sanford LLC, Alpharetta, Brett D. Turner, Dawsonville, and Alfred W.K. Chang, Dahlonega, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0914

    Because an earlier order for appellant to surrender all company stock essentially took ownership of the company out of the appellant's hands, any transfer of company assets such as land was a nullit