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  • Harden v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton K. Nelson III Nelson & Smith, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph M. Walke, District Attorney, and Terry F. Holland, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0319

    Trial court was not required to issue a sua sponte curative instruction after the rape victim's emotional out

  • In the Interest of A. K.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria E. Rowan, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Andrea R. Moldovan, Douglasville, for appellee. Other party representation: Jerry F. Pittman, Douglasville, Rita F. Cooper, Powder Springs.
    Case Number: A05A0670

    The Court remanded for a further determination regarding a 7-year-old child's placement following the termination of her mother's parental rights, because DFACS did not present sufficient evidence o

  • In the Interest of A. K.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria E. Rowan, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Andrea R. Moldovan, Douglasville, for appellee. Other party representation: Jerry F. Pittman, Douglasville, Rita F. Cooper, Powder Springs.
    Case Number: A05A0670

    The Court remanded for a further determination regarding a 7-year-old child's placement following the termination of her mother's parental rights, because DFACS did not present sufficient evidence o

  • Pitts v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric A. Ballinger, Canton, and Louis M. Turchiarelli, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Samuel K. Barger, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1621

    A juvenile court judge had subject matter jurisdiction over a felony criminal case pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 15-1-9.1 b 2, after she responded to an intra-county judicial request for assis

  • Chancellor v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Suellen Fleming, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Sandra G. Rivers, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1953

    Defense counsel's decision not to call witnesses in order to preserve the right to close arguments was stra

  • In the Interest of D. E.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joan E. Risher, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Jason T. Harper Crumbley & Crumbley, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0965

    The mother's lengthy history of drug and alcohol abuse, her inability to provide a stable living environment and her failure to comply with the terms of the reunification plan supported the termina

  • Madison v. Barnett

    Publication Date: 2004-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon Larke, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Mildred K. Jackson Fleming, Jackson, Ingram & Floyd PC, Augusta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A0196

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the paternal grandparents' adoption petition because it was in the child's best interest to have both sets of grandparents working together to

  • Ford v. Tycam Home Builders Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-06-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert K. Prater, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John E. Bellus Jr. Stone & Bellus PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A0432

    The plaintiffs' third voluntary dismissal of their claims regarding faulty house construction operated as an adjudication on the merits under O.C.G.A. § 9-11

  • Crumpton v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Dalton Jr. and J. Stephen Gupton Jr. J. Stephen Gupton Jr. PC, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard W. Shelton, Solicitor, and Sandra K. Sanders, Assistant Solicitor General, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0311

    No evidence supported the defendant's contention that the solicitor coerced him into entering a guilty plea to simply battery by offering him the choice of entering the plea or remaining in jail for

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jo C. Nesset-Sale, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Patricia K. Atwill, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0063

    Some evidence supported the special jury's finding that the defendant was competent to stand trial, despite his l