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  • In the Interest of C. F.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Culp, Roswell, 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 and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Barry Staples, Marietta.
    Case Number: A01A2082

    Evidence that the putative father subjected his children to sexual abuse, domestic violence and substance abuse supported the termination of his parental r

  • Weiser v. Wert

    Publication Date: 2001-09-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John K. Train IV, Adriane C. Yelton Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Dennis G. Lovell Jr. and Amy H. Ferguson Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semlar & Stair, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Glenn A. Loewenthal Loewenthal & Jackson LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1206

    Plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of his Chapter 13 wage earners plan avoided any inconsistent position with his pending malpractice a

  • Shelton v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1447

    Any error in the state's failure to redact defen videotaped statement to exclude the officer's reference to the victim's truthfulness was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of defe

  • Coleman v. Grimes

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josie L. Redwine, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald W. Huskins, Solicitor General, Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1470

    Collateral estoppel barred the child's mother and step-father from relitigating their claims that the biological father abandoned the child or was not fit to assume his parental r

  • Taylor v. Powertel Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Dorian Britt, Robert B. Turner and Brent J. Savage Savage, Turner & Pinson, Savannah,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott E. Taylor and Aaron M. Danzig Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1508

    Plaintiff failed to show that the erroneous out-of-state taxes included in his cellular phone bill constituted an identifiable fund to which he had an immediate right of posse

  • Thigpen v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney, K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0248

    Defense counsel was not deficient for failing to present evidence of battered woman's syndrome at defendant's trial for shooting at her ex-husband because there was no evidence of a pattern of physi

  • Aggarwal v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Willis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor, Gary S. Vey and Staci B. Melton, Assistant Solicitors, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0288

    The under 21 implied consent notice informed defendant that the purpose of his breath test was to determine whether he was driving under the influence and that a 0.02 blood alcohol content would re

  • Ford v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philippa V. Tibbs Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney and Charles M. Goetz Jr. Goetz, Tibbs & Zahler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Sparks Austin & Sparks, PC, John G. Malcolm and Robert F. Schroeder Malcolm & Schroeder, LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0802

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the plaintiffs after granting them a new trial in their negligence suit against the defendant because material issues of fact rem

  • Edwards v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher S. Warren, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, and Gregory W. Edwards, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0211

    The trial court's slip of the tongue in charging the jury on voluntary manslaughter did not render its charge as a whole im

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles D. Strickland, Lavonia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, and Richard K. Bridgeman, Assistant District Attorney, Hartwell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2376

    Because the evidence showed that defendant was in actual possession of the cocaine buried in his backyard, he could not claim harmful error arising out of the superior court's charge indicating that