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  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    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: A05A1601

    The digital scales, marijuana, cocaine and cash found in the defendant's vehicle were admissible and relevant to the circumstances surrounding his a

  • Silver v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2264

    The defendant failed to show that her counsel was deficient for not cross-examining the victim about two minor disciplinary reports involving her employment at the restaurant, which the defendant an

  • Rucker v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony S. Carter, Monroe, and John T. Strauss, Newton County Pub. Defender, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1743

    The known but untested informant did not provide any information concerning the defendant's future behavior to support the officer's traffic

  • Zachery v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Jennifer M. Daniels Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1794

    The trial court did not err in failing to instruct the jury sua sponte to disregard improper comments about a co-defendant's guilty plea made during the state's opening statement, because the defend

  • Turner v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Land Public Defender's Office, and John T. Strauss, Public Defender, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, and Stephen L. Coxen District Attorney's Office, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1927

    The undisputed evidence showed that the defendant took over $500 in cash from the v

  • In Re: Estate of Barbara Jean Thornton

    Publication Date: 2005-08-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Wallis Jr. Smith, Wallis & Scott LLP, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: George G. Shadrix, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0946

    There was no evidence to rebut the presumption that the plaintiffs' stepfather gifted the marital home to the plaintiffs' mother at the time of its purchase, when he deeded it into her

  • Terrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-08-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Cork Cork & Cork, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Bradfield M. Shealy, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Tracy K. Chapman, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0984

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's post-sentencing motion to withdraw his guilty plea because, although he had filed a pre-sentencing motion to withdraw the plea, he knowingly an

  • In the Interest of K. B. F.

    Publication Date: 2005-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald B. Lowe III, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Kimberly Rowden, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1423

    The juvenile drove the other assailant to the victim's residence, spoke with the victim before the other assailant held a gun to the victim's head and led police on a high-speed chase away from the

  • In the Interest of J. M. W.

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Q. Quarles, Chatsworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A05A0433. Joshua J. Smith, Dalton, for appellant in A05A0434. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Richard K. Murray, Dalton, for appellee. Other party representation: Curtis A. Kleem, Dalton.
    Case Number: A05A0433; 05A0434

    Evidence that the mother failed to comply with her reunification case plan, failed to pay court-ordered child support and failed to bond with her 3-year-old child supported the termination of her p

  • In the Interest of A. J.

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura S. Farrar, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Mary E. Evans-Battle and Thomas L. Williams, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0807

    The defendant sexually assaulted the victim after he and another youth pushed their way into the victim's