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  • In the Interest of C. D. E., S. M. E. and D. C. E.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Whitman and Sandra D. Hicks, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, and William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John P. Cheeley Cheeley & Joyner LLC, Duluth for appellee. Other party representation: Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A1914; A00A1995

    The evidence did not support a finding that the children were deprived due to domestic abuse by the father who no longer resided in the mother's

  • Thigpen v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney, K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0248

    Defense counsel was not deficient for failing to present evidence of battered woman's syndrome at defendant's trial for shooting at her ex-husband because there was no evidence of a pattern of physi

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek H. Jones, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Eleanor A. Kornahrens, Maria B. Golick and Bruce D. Hornbuckle, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2193

    The evidence did not support defendant's aggravated battery conviction because the scratches and bruises which the victim suffered when defendant tried to rape her only temporarily impaired her appea

  • Aggarwal v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Willis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor, Gary S. Vey and Staci B. Melton, Assistant Solicitors, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0288

    The under 21 implied consent notice informed defendant that the purpose of his breath test was to determine whether he was driving under the influence and that a 0.02 blood alcohol content would re

  • Ford v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philippa V. Tibbs Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney and Charles M. Goetz Jr. Goetz, Tibbs & Zahler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Sparks Austin & Sparks, PC, John G. Malcolm and Robert F. Schroeder Malcolm & Schroeder, LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0802

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the plaintiffs after granting them a new trial in their negligence suit against the defendant because material issues of fact rem

  • In the Interest of B. N. A.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Tuck, Chatsworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney Generals, and Cynthia N. Johnson Waycaster, Johnson, Morris & Dean, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1933

    The juvenile court erred in terminating the putative father's parental rights because DFACS never established a reunification plan and visitation schedule as or

  • Walker v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2001-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Walker, Albany, proceeded pro se. June P. S. Gamble, Albany, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A00A2153

    The trial court's order restraining the mother and father from calling each other's residence was incompatible with the mother's visitation r

  • Watkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Phillips, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1959

    Defendant was not entitled to a directed verdict because he blocked the assault victim's avenue of escape and fled with the assa

  • Keenum v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, and Evelyn P. Sandefur, Assistant Solicitor, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1982

    The officer's omission of a phrase while reading the implied consent notice for the second time did not negate or nullify his first wa

  • Edwards v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher S. Warren, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, and Gregory W. Edwards, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0211

    The trial court's slip of the tongue in charging the jury on voluntary manslaughter did not render its charge as a whole im