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  • Ragland v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Harrison Public Defender's Office, Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. David Cooke, District Attorney, Ft. Valley, and Dorothy Hull, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0052

    The court did not abuse its discretion in admitting similar transaction evidence to show the defendant's course of conduct, intent, modus operandi, bent of mind, and lustful disposition in hi

  • Arbegast v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Yun, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Fortner, District Attorney, and Emily Richardson District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0212

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of two s transactions that had occurred 11 and 15 years prior to the defendant's child molestation trial, because they were

  • Ashley v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-05-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia Harrison, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, Brian Fortner, District Attorneys, and Emily Richardson District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1848

    The trial court erred in admitting certain similar transaction evidence that improperly placed the defendant's character into

  • In Re: Loftus

    Publication Date: 2015-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Milton Crouch and George Kent Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Danielle Cefalu Hurley Elder Care Law, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Bertram Boley, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A14A2038

    The probate court erred in dismissing the petition to terminate a guardianship and conservatorship and restore the ward's rights without holding a he

  • In Re: Davis

    Publication Date: 2015-01-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cary Ichter and Reid Shannon Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Marissa Goldberg and Drew Findling The Findling Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1365

    A divided whole Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a petition seeking the appointment of a guardian and/or conservator for an Atlanta-based rapper, as the required mental health evaluation w

  • Watson v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines Ross & Pines LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, District Attorney, Brunswick, Katie Gropper District Attorney's Office, Woodbine, and Andrew Ekonomou The Lambros Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0742

    The trial court properly charged the jury on sexual battery as a lesser included offense of child molest

  • In the Interest of C. K. S.

    Publication Date: 2014-10-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nazish Ahmed Ahmed Law Group, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Leo Beckmann, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1462

    There was not clear and convincing evidence supporting the trial court's findings that continued deprivation would harm the child and that termination of the father's parental rights was in the chil

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Michael W. Tarleton Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and Moruf O. Oseni District Attorney's Office, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0927

    Defense counsel was not deficient in failing to raise a futile objection to the admissibility of the defendant's custodial statement in which he admitted to having sex with the child molestation v

  • Marvin Hewatt Enters. Inc. v. Butler Capital Corp.

    Publication Date: 2014-08-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
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    Case Number: A14A0592; A14A0593

    The trial court did not err in finding that a question of fact remained as to whether the at issue was terminated, i.e., whether the tenant surrendered the premises or abandoned the

  • Lagroon v. Lawson

    Publication Date: 2014-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Batson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jason Waymire and Terry Williams, Buford, for appellees.
    Case Number: A14A0100

    There were genuine issues of material fact as to whether the sheriff and two deputies were entitled to official immunity, whether they honestly and reasonably believed there was probable cause to ar