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  • 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

  • Dunbar v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Persse, Statesboro, for Dunbar. Grady K. Reddick, Sylvania, for McGee. Jerry M. Daniel, Waynesboro, for Roberts et. al. Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Michael T. Muldrew, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A05A0487; A05A0488; A05A0489

    The defendants waived a juror's disqualification, because the defendants did not show ordinary diligence in discovering the juror's relationship to the victim by mar

  • Butler v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Blair D. Mahaffey and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0013

    The defendant voluntarily consented to a search of his bedroom, which revealed a handgun in plain

  • In the Interest of A. C.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Witcher, Bremen, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Evan L. Stapler, Bremen, for appellee. Other party representation: Kimberly N. Puckett, Dallas.
    Case Number: A05A0806

    The mother could not argue that DFACS denied her an opportunity to comply with her reunification plan while she was in jail, since she was incarcerated due to her own voluntary decision to violate t

  • In the Interest of C. A. W.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason K. Hoffman, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Melanie Barbee-Cross, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0599

    The father failed to maintain a familial bond with his 2-year-old child and generally ignored his case plan require

  • In the Interest of C. B.

    Publication Date: 2005-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Miller Miller & Assocs., Jasper, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Dana M. Thompson, John F. Cline Dana M. Thompson & Assocs. PC, Canton, for appellee. Other party representation: Wallace W. Rogers Jr., Assistant District Attorney, and Michael C. Chisolm, Canton.
    Case Number: A04A1722

    The father's inability to care for his special needs child early in her life led to her admission to a hospital for serious ne

  • Porter v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Strauss, Newton County Public Defender, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, and Layla V. Hinton, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2218

    Because the defendant's letter to his ex-wife regarding his alleged molestation of a similar transa victim was not testimony, it was not subject to a continuing witness obje

  • DeSouza v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas and Caprice R. Jenerson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Samuel W. Lengen and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1844

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in declaring a mistrial where the jury was hopelessly deadl

  • In the Interest of M. K. H.

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald C. Gibson, John P. Rivers, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and James A. Chamberlin Jr., Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: Dorothy R. Avera, Brunswick.
    Case Number: A04A2093

    The mother refused to financially support her children, tested negative at only one of 22 scheduled drug screens, was habitually late to visitations and failed to receive treatment for her mental di

  • Board of Tax Assessors of Ware County Ga. v. Baptist Village Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Huey W. Spearman, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas C. James III, Stephen L. Dillard James, Bates, Pope & Spivey, Macon, and Vann K. Parrot Long & Denton, Quitman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1215

    The trial court properly determined that appellee's independent-living units were entitled to the same home for the aged ad valorem property tax exemption under O.C.G.A. § 48-5-41 a 12 as its assist