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  • In the Interest of J. D.

    Publication Date: 2006-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Bennett Jr. Bennett Law Firm, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellee. Other party representation: Vernita L. Lee, Valdosta.
    Case Number: A06A1467

    The mother admitted that she did not want to parent the child, she failed to comply with her reunification goals, she rarely visited the child and she paid no child su

  • Bowden v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Purvis Tanyard Oaks, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, and James A. Dunn, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1077

    The trial court d abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion for a mistrial after the informant testified that he knew the defendant from prior deals with him, since the statement

  • Pollio v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Brian K. Fortner District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0737

    The trial court properly excluded evidence of the victim's prior false accusation of sexual misconduct, since no reasonable probability of falsity existed under the circumstances and the statement i

  • In the Interest of C. A.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sonya R. Chachere-Compton, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Andrea R. Moldovan, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0539

    Evidence that his twin 2-month-olds had multiple fractures and that father admittedly abused them supported the termination of the father's parental r

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy M. Grantham, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and Charles M. Stines, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0624

    The defendant cashed a forged grant check at a grocery

  • In the Interest of J. S. B.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melvin R. Horne, Cairo, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Brian D. Bellamy, Thomasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0522

    Vague evidence of the mother's past history of arrests, mental health issues and inability to maintain employment was insufficient to show that her children's continued deprivation was likely to cau

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald R. Parker Assistant Pub. Defender, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and Samuel M. Olmstead District Attorney's Office, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0554

    The defendant sold $20 worth of cocaine to an undercover of

  • Sledge v. Peach County

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence C. Collins Collins & Aromatorio PC, Byron, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas P. Allen III Martin Snow LLP, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0356

    In determining a disputed boundary, a fence and hedgerow that were in place for more than 40 years constituted ancient landmarks whose location controlled over the description in the

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton and J. Scott Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1610

    The state presented no probative evidence that a supervising officer authorized the roadblock in que

  • Dotson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace L. Byrd Office of the Pub. Defender, and Roderick K. Bridges, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Barbara M. Collins Solicitor's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2153

    The defendant drove down a neighborhood street, weaved erratically and collided with a car parked on the opposite side of the street from his lane of t