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  • In the Interest of C. H.

    Publication Date: 2010-08-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Johnny E. Harris and Kayla J. Harris, Acworth, proceeded pro se. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Sanders B. Deen and Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Lawrence W. Daniel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A1034, A10A1409, A10A1410

    The mother and father repeatedly failed to obey court orders prohibiting contact between them and engaged in ongoing violent conduct, often in the presence of the chi

  • Terrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-08-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa L. Smith Public Defender's Office, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and T. Buckley Levins, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1842

    Sufficient evidence, including a license plate number traced back to the defendant, identification of the defendant by two witnesses and the defendant's own statement supported his convi

  • Duvall v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa L. Smith, Public Defender's Office, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and T. Buckley Levins, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1767

    The defendant's his ignorance of the fact that he was violating the law did not relieve him of criminal intent, since he intended to possess the in question and his admission of possessing th

  • In the Interest of T. B. R.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria E. Rowan, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A10A1444. Jana L. Evans, Dallas, for appellant in A10A1445. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney Generals, Atlanta, and Andrea R. Moldovan, Special Assistant Attorney General, Douglasville, for appellee. Other party representation: Sonya R. Chachere-Compton and Valerie V. Vie, Douglasville.
    Case Number: A10A1444, A10A1445

    Termination of an autistic child's parents' rights was in th d's best interest, given the mother's admitted drug abuse, failure to maintain stable employment and admission that she lived with t

  • Huggins v. Boyd

    Publication Date: 2010-07-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howell S. Basham, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan K. Webb, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1346

    The trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over the appellant, since it was undisputed that the appellant was a South Carolina resident, who engaged in stalking conduct only outside of Ge

  • Bailey v. Stonecrest Condominium Ass'n Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey R. Nickerson, Atlanta, and Patrick N. Arndt, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter R. York and Leslie K. Brock Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A0579

    The trial court erred in finding as a matter of law that the defendants' adoption of condo leasing restriction amendments did not constitute racially discriminatory housing practices in violation O

  • Fedak v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman M. Kilgore and Kimberly K. Frye, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, Patricia G. Hull and J. Clifford Head, Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0926

    Defense counsel was deficient in failing to investigate what evidence was available to support a lack-of-intent defense on charges that the defendant violated Georgia's peeping Tom statute, and in s

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dante L. Hudson, Public Defender, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, Woodbine, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1086

    The jury was authorized to conclude that the defendant fired his gun at the three aggravated assault with intent to rob v to further his armed robbery of a fourth v

  • Patillo v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen L. Coxen Ninfo, Coxen & Worthington, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Layla H. Zon, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1371

    The defendant failed to show that his trial counsel was deficient with regard to his non-negotiated plea to burglary, theft by receiving and a firearms of

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen J. Anderson, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: James B. Smith, District Attorney, Winder, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1275

    The victims' testimony supported the defendant's convictions for child molestation and child cr