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  • Owens Corning v. Georgia Dept. of Revenue

    Publication Date: 2007-05-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia B. Harman Smith, Shaw & Maddox LLP, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michele M. Young, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Edward K. Smith, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A07A0424

    The clear and unambiguous language of the 1997 version of O.C.G.A. § 48-8-3 34 A provides tax exemption for ' "machinery, including components thereof, . . . when the machinery is bought to replace

  • In the Interest of T. R.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence W. Daniel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorney General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0281

    The maternal grandmother/adoptive mother struck the youngest child in the face, hit the children with a belt and pushed one child down into a tub of water after asking if he wanted to die and

  • Cunningham v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven B. Mizerak, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0173

    The officer's discovery of steel wool and prescription drugs in the defen purse, while attempting to ascertain defen identity, was inevitable and the items the officer found in the defe

  • Kaiser v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan B. Kaiser, Washington, proceeded pro se. William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A06A1767

    A defendant, whose sentence in void, is entitled to withdraw his plea up until the time of re-sentencing, because a void sentence acts as if no sentence has been entered a

  • In re: Adoption of D. J. M. F.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Irene A. Steffas, Marietta, and Jerrold W. Hester Hester & Assocs., Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: James B. Outman Claiborne, Outman & Surmay PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1936

    The Honduran child's immigration status was irrelevant to his aunt and uncle's petition to adopt him, since a child does not have to be a U. S. citizen to qualify for adoption under Georgi

  • In the Interest of A. B.

    Publication Date: 2007-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blanton C. Lingold, Milledgeville, for the father. Carl S. Cansino, Milledgeville, for the mother. Thomas J. O'Donnell, Douglas L. Price, Milledgeville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Virginia B. Fuller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A06A1995; A06A1996

    Despite the juvenile court finding clear and convincing evidence that the father had sexually abused one of his children, the mother continued to trust the father and allowed him back into the

  • Cardenas v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Fulton County Conflict Defender Inc., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1906

    The defendant's child molestation conviction was reversed because the state did not prove venue for that

  • In the Interest of D. D. B.

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis W. Miller, Lithonia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, and Saudia L. Crawford, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Antavius M. Weems, Atlanta, Abdulhakim Saadiq, Decatur, and Saunders P. Jones IV, Dunwoody.
    Case Number: A06A1087

    The child's deprivation could almost completely be traced to the mother's drug addiction, the mother failed repeatedly to successfully complete drug treatment program and she was not participating i

  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry R. Pruden, Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, and Layla V. Hinton, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1662

    The defendant's statement, in which he admitted purchasing crack cocaine on the day that his acquaintance attempted a robbery by sudden snatching, was admissible as part of the res g

  • In the Interest of T. E. T.

    Publication Date: 2006-12-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah E. Riedel Banks & Riedel, and Stephanie D. Burton Public Defender's Office, Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles M. Johnson, Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1183

    The evidence, including the 's efforts to legitimate and visit the child, his purchase of a suitable home and his stable employment, did not support the juvenile court's determination that the