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  • Mills v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, District Attorney, Winder, Amy Carter, Assistant District Attorney, Jefferson, and Samuel Skelton, Homer, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1308

    The trial court did not err in admitting similar transaction evidence involving allegations of inappropriate conduct between the defendant and children in both Oregon and Tennessee to show the defe

  • In the Interest of C. S.

    Publication Date: 2012-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bearden, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Calandra Harps, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1331

    Clear and convincing evidence did not support the juvenile court's determination that the two minor children's deprivation was likely to continue if they remained in their father's

  • Young v. Georgia Agric. Exposition Auth.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Carl Reynolds and Bradley J. Survant Reynolds, Horne & Survant, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John G. Walker Walker Hulbert Gray Byrd LLP, Perry, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Jennifer L. Dalton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A1655

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant on the plaintiff's claim for lost earnings after two bulls trampled him at a beef expos

  • In the Interest of T. G.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Metz, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, and Leo G. Beckmann Jr., Savannah, for appellee. Other party representation: Sharla Gorman, Pooler, and Kelly Miller, Savannah.
    Case Number: A12A1232

    Clear and convincing evidence supported the juvenile court's ruling that the 3-year-old child's deprivation would continue and that any continued deprivation would harm her if the court did not term

  • In the Interest of D. T. A.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Smith, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Curtis Kleem McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham LLP and William Barnwell Avrett, Ponder & Withrock, Dalton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A0857

    Evidence of the mother's repeated criminal acts resulting in her continuing incarceration, as well as her violent actions towards those close to her and her inability to care for her two children, s

  • Morgan Cnty. Bd. of Tax Assessors v. Ward; Ward v. Morgan Cnty. Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2012-10-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian G. Henry, Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: C. Wilson Dubose and Jennifer L. Pridgeon Dubose Massey Bair & Evans LLC, Madison, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0952; A12A1070

    The Morgan County Board of Tax Assessors failed to meet its threshold obligation under O.C.G.A. § 48-5-7.4 k.1 to provide the landowner with notice and opportunity to correct an alleged breach in he

  • Smart v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon Hicks, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jamie K. Inagawa, Solicitor General, and Joseph B. Myers, Assistant Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0902

    The evidence supported a used car dealer's convictions for having two unlicensed vehicles at his residential property in violation of a county ordi

  • Smith v. Cisco

    Publication Date: 2012-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Savage and Kathryn Pinckney Savage, Turner, Pinckney, & Madison, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jacquelyn Johnson, District Attorney, Nathan Williams Clark & Williams PC, Steven Blackerby, Terry Readdick, Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter, Brunswick, and Andrew Ekonomou The Lambros Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A0313; A12A0314

    In a state forfeiture action, the plaintiffs lacked standing to participate in the state's decision-making process concerning which property should be forf

  • Barrett Properties LLC v. Roberts Capitol Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph B. Evans and Warren N. Coppedge Jr. Coppedge & Evans PC, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Adair PC, Gregory J. Digel, Laurie W. Daniel, Sarah L. Zampell Holland & Knight LLP, Stephen E. O'Day, Andrew M. Thompson, Christopher J. Bowers Smith Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, Robert M. Withrock Avrett, Ponder & Withrock, Dalton, Brett A. Barfield Holland & Knight LLP, Miami, Fla., and Stacy W. May, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A0148

    No evidence showed that the defendants proximately caused any harm to the plaintiffs due to a spike in a volatile organic compound detected in a ground monitoring well on the site of an adhesives ma

  • Henry v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marnique W. Oliver, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, and Mary K. McKinnon, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0686

    The trial court was not required to make an explicit finding of sufficient indicia of reliability before admitting the victim's out-of-court state