• Mims v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0218

    The defendant was not entitled to a charge on alcohol impairment, because he did not raise the defense of insanity due to alcohol consum

  • In the Interest of J. K.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0097

    The mother failed to complete any of her case plan requirements, did not stay in regular contact with DFACS or her children and paid no child su

  • In the Interest of B. A.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0083

    The mother completely failed to comply with her reunification case plan for over one

  • Sweeting v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-06-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A0621

    The plea petition and transcript affirmatively showed that the defendant entered his plea, knowingly, intelligently and volunt

  • Shell v. Teachers Retirement Sys. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0661

    Georgia law requires payment of applicable Teachers Retirement System of Georgia retirement benefits to the last-filed beneficiary designation, which in this case was the decedent's ex-wife, not

  • In the Interest of B. T.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0257

    The father never established a bond or visited his child, he failed to pay child support and he failed to attend hearings, which were specifically continued in order to allow him to make his case re

  • Heath v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0402

    The defendant entered the victim's home uninvited, knocked the victim to the floor and took $500 in cash and some credit cards from the victim's

  • Simmons v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0225

    The evidence, including the defendant's own inculpatory statements, supported his child molestation convic

  • Rudnitskas v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0047

    Evidence that the victim found the defendant at her back porch door, crouched down with a crowbar in his hand, beating bottom track of her door, supported his conviction for attempted bur

  • In the Interest of U. G.

    Publication Date: 2008-05-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A0848

    The issue of whether the paternal grandmother ultimately adopts the child in question was irrelevant to a determination of whether termination of the mother's rights was in the child's best