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  • In the Interest of R. W.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark S. Martin, Warner Robins, 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 Walter G. Sammons Jr., Warner Robins, for appellees. Other party representation: Thomas R. Wilkerson III Yancey & Assocs., Warner Robins.
    Case Number: A01A0606

    Mother's mental retardation and failure to provide maintenance and support for the children supported the termination of her parental r

  • Palmer v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael E. Bergin, Fairburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0121

    The trial court properly excluded the victim's prior accusation of molestation because defendant failed to meet his burden of showing that the accusation had a reasonable probability of being

  • Rocha v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin J. Wyatt, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Timothy B. Lumpkin and Maria B. Golick, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2410

    Prospective jurors in a sex crime trial who describe a prior sexual abuse life experience are not subject to automatic removal for

  • Bridges v. Mann

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Graylin C. Ward, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Sherrell Jay, Sherrell, Smith & Bradley PC, Fitzgerald, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1858

    The plaintiff's acceptance of a check for less than the amount in dispute constituted an accord and satisfaction of his

  • Tunarka v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Forrest K. Shealy, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2084

    The state failed to prove venue for the alleged drug c

  • In the Interest of J.L.H.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: B. Samuel Engram Jr., Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Paula K. L. Hanington, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2538

    The father's drug abuse, his numerous crimes resulting in multiple incarcerations and evidence that he sold his children's furnishings supported the termination of his parental r

  • Warren v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Warren, Trion, proceeded pro se. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A00A2513

    The trial court properly refused to modify the defendant's sentence to give him credit for time served prior to his trial because defendant should have addressed that issue to his pre-sentence custo

  • Weiss v. Varnadore

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Jerrell Ramsey, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew H. Lakin, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1539

    The Court of Appeals could not determine what standard the trial court applied in granting joint custody to the mother and maternal grandmother under O.C.G.A. § 19-7-1

  • Prock v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Lee Sexton & Assocs. PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1809

    Defendant's guilty plea to a charge of selling alcohol to a minor did not bar his prosecution for possessing and selling mari

  • State v. Causey

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick, Dana J. Norman and William M. Clark, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Forrest K. Shealy, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1686, A00A1687

    Under the criteria for a second-tier stop, the arresting officers had reason to believe that defendant and an individual who got into defendant's car were involved in an attempt to break into cars i