• In the Interest of J.N.

    Publication Date: 2010-03-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis G. Collard Kessler, Schwarz & Solomiany PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John S. Husser, Rome, for appellee. Other party representation: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Kimberly P. Mullins, Dallas.

    Case Number: A09A1966

    The denial of the father's O.C.G.A. § 15-11-40 b modification petition, based on alleged changed circumstances, was directly appealable, because the denial itself was a final jud

  • McGill v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0273

    The v s sister's testimony concerning the defendant's previous contact with the v was relevant to prior difficulties between the defendant and the v

  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton K. Nelson III and Leonard M. Geldon, Assistant Public Defenders, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louie C. Fraser, District Attorney, and LaShonda C. Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A2297

    The defendant retained possession of a pair of scissors, which were issued to him for the sole purpose of cutting his hair, and hid them in his cell in violation of jail p

  • Lovett v. Capital Principles, LLC

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen M. Katz The Katz Law Group, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alicia Timm, Bradley S. Wolff Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Michael J. Rust and Debra K. Haan Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A09A1061

    Subsection b of O.C.G.A. § 9-11-11.1 a, which requires a written verification to be filed contemporaneously with the complaint, is not inapplicable simply because defendants acted while engaged in a

  • Performance Food Group, Inc. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas K. Burrell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Trevor G. Hiestand, Ashley Giblin Harper, Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, Steven P. Gilliam Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles PA, Gainesville, and Robert P. Gritton, Murfreesboro, Tenn., for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1719

    Ge s Workers' Compensation Act governs subrogation claims based on benefits paid to employees injured in Ge

  • Naylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna A. Seagraves, Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard K. Bridgeman, District Attorney, Toccoa, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0835

    Evidence that the defendant saw knew about and saw one of was sufficient to find her guilty as a party to child molestation for that particular of

  • Buggle v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-08-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steve B. Mizerak, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and David E. Boyle, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1416

    The defendant was not entitled to a sua sponte charge on no duty to re

  • Hammett v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Farnham Farnham & Rothenberg LLC, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, and William T. Kemp III District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0460

    The defendant failed to show an abuse of discretion or manifest injustice necessary to withdraw his negotiated guilty pleas after he was sent

  • In the Interest of A. A. M.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chestley N. Merritt, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, and Johnathan C. Gaskin, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0553

    No evidence showed that the juvenile or an alleged accomplice had possession of the stolen property and no witness to the burglary test

  • Reese v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rachel M. Williams, Public Defender, and Anthony S. Carter Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Eric C. Crawford, District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0344

    The trial court was not authorized to increase the defendant's sentence after he started servi