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  • Deljoo v. Suntrust Mortgage Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-02-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A07A1981

    property owner and bank/mortgagee were bona fide purchasers without notice as to a recorded deed, which listed the incorrect land lot for the property in que

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-01-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A07A1756

    The defendant's reference to a family lawyer was not an unambiguous and unequivocal request for counsel, which would require the immediate cess of all custodial interrog

  • Tran v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-01-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A07A1953

    The officers searching the defendant's vehicle recovered ecstasy with a street value of $500, $2,420 in cash, sandwich bags, a scale and razor blades and an officer testified that amount

  • Deljoo v. Suntrust Mortgage Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-01-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A07A1981

    A recorded deed provides constructive notice of the deed and its contents and provides notice of all other deeds and their contents which are reference th

  • Manley v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: McNeill Stokes, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn and Jeanne M. Canavan, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1048

    The trial court was not required to comply with Uniform Superior Court Rule 33.10, since the defendant's was a non-negotiated

  • In the Interest of S. M. W.

    Publication Date: 2007-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillip Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason S. Naunas, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0850

    The father substantially complied with his case plan goals by receiving a substance abuse assessment, regularly participating in a drug a ohol treatment programming, testing negative for drugs

  • Corbin v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Abbott, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, and Susan A. Beck District Attorney's Office, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0888

    The defendant failed to argue or present evidence that exceptional circumstances warranted the admission of hearsay testimony tending to show that methamphetamine officers found in defendant's purse

  • In the Interest of C. T.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Q. Quarles, Chatsworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Cynthia N. Johnson, Cohutta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0218

    The termination of the mother's parental rights to her four children reversed as the record showed that the mother completed virtually all of her case plan and the shortcomings in meeting othe

  • Bennett v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathanael A. Horsley, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Gainesville, and Lindsay H. Burton, Assistant District Attorney, Dawsonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0771

    The officer unreasonably detained the defendant to wait for another officer to bring a written warning book, since the officer was authorized to give the defendant a verbal warning for a purported

  • LaFette v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jovan D. LaFette, Oglethorpe, proceeded pro se. Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A07A0732

    Habeas provided defendant's only remedy after expiration of the term of court in which the trial court entered judgment on his convi