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  • In the Interest of N. L.

    Publication Date: 2003-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tamara Jacobs Lindsey & Jacobs, Barnesville, 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, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, for appellee. Other party representation: Karen K. Martin Martin & Martin, Barnesville.
    Case Number: A03A0880

    Evidence that the mother refused to ensure the safety of her children by allowing her husband to move back into her home after he had abused one of the children supported the termination of her pare

  • Barranco v. Welcome Years Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven S. Griffin and Robert B. Friedman King & Spalding, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederick L. Wright II Vaughn, Wright & Stearns, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0017

    The defendant failed to comply with Georgia's Hazardous Site Response Act after a site assessment revealed hazardous concentrations of lead in the soil of property the plaintiff contracted t

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Land Newton County Public Defender's Office, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Brian K. Ross, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0238

    The trial court had no authority to modify defendant's sentence after expiration of the term of court in which it was entered or before defendant's probationary period

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Katherine K. Lumsden, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0477

    Defense counsel was not deficient for filing an improper, but meritless, motion to recuse the trial

  • Pitts v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Mack Jr., Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, and Janet M. Smith-Taylor, Assistant Solicitor General, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0552

    Evidence that the defendant engaged in a fist fight just outside the front entrance of his high s prior to the beginning of classes supported his conviction for disrupting a public s

  • Braham v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, Monica T. Myles, Douglas County Public Defender, and Jeffrey M. Gore Douglas County Public Defender's Office, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Brian K. Fortner Douglas County District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0628

    Defendant did not clearly and unambiguously request counsel during his custodial interrogation when he asked whether he could get an attorney qu

  • Harvey v. Nichols

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Lander McNally, Edwards, Bailey & Lander, and Donald W. Osborne, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward D. Tolley, Robert C. Irwin III Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael LLP, Athens, and William T. Craig, Covington, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0568

    The jail detention officers' failure to regularly monitor a teenager in a holding cell was not the proximate cause of the teenager's su

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Julie A. Kert, Assistant City Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0425

    Defendant's violation of O.C.G.A. § 40-6-240, by backing up 10-15 yards, justified the traffic stop, which led to his DUI a

  • In the Interest of J.J.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mathias Skowranek, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Stephanie B. Hope, Special Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and James T. Chaffin III, McDonough, for appellee. Other Party Representation: William D. Patten Jr., Stockbridge.
    Case Number: A03A0231

    Termination of the mother's parental rights was in the children's best interest where their mother had been incarcerated for 15 out of 24 months, was subject to extradition on out-of-state charges a

  • Hortman v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Althea L. Buafo Buafo & Assocs., Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Myra H. Kline, Assistant District Attorney, and Kimberly S. Schwartz, District Attorney's Office, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1746

    Despite defendant's intent to exercise domain and control over more than 50 pounds of marijuana addressed for delivery in Georgia, he no longer had the power to do so after Texas law enforcement off