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  • In the Interest of J. M.

    Publication Date: 2016-08-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Diana Johnson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Justin Schneider, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Cathy Lerow, Thomas Veach, and Charlotte Evans, Marietta.
    Case Number: A16A0612

    There was clear evidence supporting the juvenile court's findings that legitimation was not in the child's best interests and the denial of the father's legitimation pet

  • Barnes v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Sheila Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Joshua Morrison District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1631

    The trial court reversibly erred in failing to give the whole requested pattern jury charge on a defendant's choice not to testify in his own defense and in failing to charge the jury that it could

  • Gaskin v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Heinen Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Brian Condon, Flowery Branch, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Melissa Redmon, Assistant District Attorney, and David Getachew-Smith District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0472

    The trial court harmfully erred in admitting evidence of the child molestation defendant's prior arrests for crimes that did not relate to his truthfu

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-05-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bearden, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. David Cooke Jr., District Attorney, Ft. Valley, and Myra Tisdale, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1568

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions arising out of a deadly confrontation between rival

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Weathers, Moultrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford Bowden, District Attorney, and Jennifer Hart, Assistant District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1900

    The defendant's confession to acts of child molestation was sufficiently corroborated by the evi

  • State v. Lopez-Chavez

    Publication Date: 2015-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Joshua Smith, and Robert Homlar District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Brunk, Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1834

    The trial court properly suppressed evidence police seized during the execution of a no-knock search warrant, since the particular facts and circumstances set out in the warrant did not disclose any

  • Progressive Elec. Servs. Inc. v. Task Force Constr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2014-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Anderson and John Kennedy James, Bates, Pope & Spivey LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William White Smith, Welch, Webb & White, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0355

    A provision in the contract at issue expressly bound the defendant in his individual cap