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  • In the Interest of W. L. H.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori B. Duff, Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Nathan A. Hayes, Coy J. Johnson Jr., Willie J. Lovett Jr. Office of the Child Attorney, Miles J. Alexander Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Kirsten L. Widner, Melissa D. Carter Emory University School of Law, Michael A. Caplan Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Angela T. Tyner Georgia CASA, Atlanta, Jane G. Okrasinski, Athens, Aimee E. Stowe DeKalb Cnty. Child Advocacy Ctr., Decatur, and J. Richard Hammett Baker & McKenzie, Houston, Texas. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Calandra A. Harps, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Lee R. Moss Prior Daniel & Wiltshire LLC, Madison, Woodrow W. Ware III, Athens, and Fred R. White, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12G1049

    An unemancipated minor child lacks standing to appeal without the aid of a guardian or next f

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for Sonya Smith. Samuel J. Harris, Cookeville, Tenn., for Joseph Smith. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Eleanor A. Dixon, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10A1281; S10A1282

    The evidence authorized the jury to conclude that the defendants committed non-felony acts of abuse that inadvertently led to their son's death as well as felony acts which could serve as the underl

  • Jennings v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel F. Little Jr. Little & Crumply LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1089

    The state is not required to specify in the indictment that it is charging the defendant as a party to the