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  • Donald v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Lewis, Norcross, for appellant. Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1438

    The evidence, including eyewitness testimony identifying the defendant as the gunman who robbed a fast food restaurant and its employees before shooting one victim, supported his convictions for bu

  • Koldewey v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Crowe, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn L. Johnson, District Attorney, and David A. Peterson District Attorney's Office, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0190

    The purpose of defendant's threats against a was for diagnosis and treatment at a mental health facility and not for the purpose of terrorizing the

  • Cain v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam M. Hames The Hames Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and David K. Getachew-Smith District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0461

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion for a continuance because the court provided multiple warnings of the risks of proceeding pro se, including the possibl

  • In the Interest of J. H.

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hurl R. Taylor Jr., Ellenwood, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, and Jerry W. Thacker, Conyers, for appellee. Other party representation: Dyca C. Tricoche DeKalb County Child Advocate Center and Phyllis R. Williams, Decatur.
    Case Number: A11A0125

    Evidence that the child was wearing only a diaper during a summer day, a lack of variety of food in the home, physical discipline of the child and a dirty home did not support a finding that the ch

  • In the Interest of K. A. F.

    Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yolanda Bacharach, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, Bess L. Walthour and Diane M. McLeod, Assistant District Attorneys, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0553

    The evidence supported the juvenile's delinquency adjudication for entering an automobile with the intent to commit a theft or felony because the victim testified that the juvenile and another man w

  • In the Interest of R. J.

    Publication Date: 2011-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Brannen Bargeron, Louisville, for mother. Marnique W. Oliver, Swainsboro, for father. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Thomas J. O'Donnell, Special Attorney General, Milledgeville, for appellee. Other party representation: Christopher N. Dube Mafahhey Dube, Wrens.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A1857; A10A1858

    The juvenile court properly found that continued deprivation would likely cause serious harm to the children, based in part on the fact that both children had a current opportunity to achieve perman

  • Governors Towne Club Inc. v. J. W. Thomaston Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott M. Stevens Howe & Assocs. PC, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald R. Hicks Riley, Rosner & McLendon LLC, Sandy Springs, John A. Williams Dietrick, Evans, Scholz & Williams and Daniel J. Weber, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1620

    The trial court erred in awarding judgment for a special lien and for default judgment based upon substituted service because the plaintiff's affidavit, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 14-11-209 f, was defec

  • In the Interest of R.H., a child

    Publication Date: 2011-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana L. Evans, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, and Joseph T. Justice, Dallas, for appellee. Other party representation: Margret Loutit, Carrollton, and Joy Fuller CASA, Dallas.
    Case Number: A10A2215; A10A2216

    Evidence that the father physically abused his son, sexually abused his daughter, and neglected the children's hygiene supported the juvenile court's finding that the children were dep

  • State v. Ramirez-Herrara

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Michael S. Carlson, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, and John E. Floyd Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ingrid J. McGaughey Public Defender's Office and Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0982

    The trial court erred in granting a general demurrer based on the sufficiency of the evidence, because in considering a general demurrer, it is the legal sufficiency of the pleading, not the evidenc

  • Doctors Hosp. Surgery Ctr. LP v. Webb

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian K. Mathis Insley & Race LLC, John P. Mittelbach and Michael S. French Wargo & French LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stanley G. Jackson and Douglas M. Nelson, Augusta, for appellees. Other party representation: Victor Hawk, Augusta.
    Case Number: A10A1317

    Trial court abused its discretion in granting certification based on claims for injunctive relief in the form of continued medical monitoring for patients and spouses because certification under O.C