• In the Interest of D. D. B.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William H. Newton III, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Atlanta, and Holly A Bradfield, Rome, for appellee. Other Party Representation: James G. Meeks Meeks & Richardson, Rome.

    Case Number: A03A1441

    The mother's history of mental illness and unwillingness to consistently to treatment for her condition supported the termination of her parental r

  • Floyd v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J Farnham Farnham & Assocs., Social Circle, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Bryan H. Frost, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1153

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's Batson claim after the state gave race-neutral reasons for striking three African-American potential j

  • Bell v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. McNeill, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1329

    The trial court did not err in allowing a store security agent to testify regarding his personal knowledge of the price of each stolen

  • Reese v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Wright, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Tuwanda R. Williams, Assistant City Attorney, and Chiquita T. Johnson City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A0896

    A police officer was officially immune from liability arising out of his arrest of the plaintiff for criminal trespass where the officer acted within his discretion and scope of auth

  • David v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Shampa Banerji, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1108

    O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391 k 1 could serve as the statutory predicate for the charged offense of first degree vehicular homicide, since the state was required to prove that the 17-year-old defendant's alco

  • In the Interest of J. W. K.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Thompson Jr., Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: James F. Ledbetter and Joseph D. Little, Calhoun, for appellee. Other party representation: George P. Govignon Bailey & Govignon, Calhoun.

    Case Number: A01A2290

    Former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-58 was inapplicable to a private child deprivation proceeding where the juvenile court did not order removal of the child from his

  • DeCelles v. Morgan Cleaners & Laundry Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gene E. Massafra Wasson, Sours & Harris, and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David F. Root and Erika K. Hutt Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0631

    The evidence supported the jury's finding that the plaintiff reasonably relied on the terms of the parties oral agreement for the sale of its laundry business when it closed its existing store, tran

  • In the Interest of D. F.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin W. Drummond Hamrick, Drummond & Miller LLP, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stephanie B. Hope, Special Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, P. Brian Campbell, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Doris C. Orleck, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0009

    Termination of the mother's parental rights was warranted where she failed to comply with her case plan and both a clinical psychologist and foster care case manager opined that removing her childr

  • Harbin v. Harbin

    Publication Date: 2003-05-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Waymon S. Harrell, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Turner, Warner Robins, for appellee. Other Party Representation: Michael J. Moore, Warner Robins.

    Case Number: A03A0694

    There was no evidence that the decedent severed a joint tenancy estate during his lifetime in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 44-6-190 a, so the plaintiff was not entitled to reformation of the deeds cre

  • Sanders v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton and Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Lalaine A. Briones, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1516

    The trial court did not err in failing to instruct the jury on a lesser included offense where the defendant did not request such a change in wr