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  • Buckner v. Douglas County

    Publication Date: 2005-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Kevin Moore Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul B. Frickey and Dana K. Maine Freeman, Mathis & Gary, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A0881

    The Board of Commissioner's letter to the plaintiff agreeing to allow him to develop property in accordance with prior zoning amounted to an agreement to amend the county's zoning ordinance in viola

  • In the Interest of H. D. T.

    Publication Date: 2005-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry M. Daniel, Waynesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, William F. Collins, Atlanta, and Anne R. Moore, Statesboro, for appellee. Other party representation: Stuart H. Patray Hal Roach Jr. PC, Statesboro, and Earle J. Duncan III, Darien.
    Case Number: A05A0654

    The mother's unrehabilitated drug abuse rendered her incapable of adequately providing for her children and she unjustifiably failed to comply with her reunification

  • Oliver v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, McDonough, for Oliver. J. Scott Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for Baskerville. Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, James L. Wright III, and Alicia C. Gant, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A05A0695; A05A0696

    Both victims identified the defendants as the two masked men who robbed a service station of approximately $820.

  • LecStar Telecom Inc. v. Grenfell

    Publication Date: 2005-06-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey R. Joyce and Joseph D. Young Greenlee, Young & Thrasher LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary R. Kessler Stuart, Irvin, Stanford & Kessler, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: John K. Wells and Robert B. Tidwell Brock, Clay, Calhoun, Wilson & Rogers PC, Marietta.
    Case Number: A05A0032

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the correction of a misnomer as to the names of the defendants because there was no change of parties, no new party that had not been served

  • In the Interest of J. S. T. S. and A. S. L. W.

    Publication Date: 2005-05-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Q. Quarles, Chatsworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Cynthia N. Johnson, Cohutta, for appellee. Other party representation: G. Gargandi Vaughn Mitchell & Mitchell, and Curtis A. Kleem, Dalton.
    Case Number: A05A0483

    The mother complied with only one goal in her reunification case plan and visited her children only four times in

  • Homer v. Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Boykin Gordon & Boykin, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Bryan K. Webb, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kimberly B. Lewis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0312

    The defendant complied with the university's policy regarding employment of tenured faculty by offering the plaintiff a reduced salary after eliminating his administrative pos

  • Byers v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Paul J. Miovas Jr. Douglas County District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0516

    The arresting officer had authority to detain the defendant for a reasonable amount of time following a valid traffic stop to write out a citation for spe

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne L. Burnaine, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0510

    The defendant's sentence of five years on probation for statutory rape was void, because O.C.G.A. § 16-6-3 b requires a sentence of not less than 10 years for offenders who are 21 years of age or

  • Lemming v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall S. Estes, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1842

    The jury was authorized to find from the circumstantial evidence that the second victim was in reasonable apprehension of imminent harm of a violent injury arising from a tiny keychain knife the de

  • Lemming v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall S. Estes, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1842

    The jury was authorized to find from the circumstantial evidence that the second victim was in reasonable apprehension of imminent harm of a violent injury arising from a tiny keychain knife the de