• In the Interest of V. D. S.

    Publication Date: 2007-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan A. Hayes, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and P. Brian Campbell, Special Assistant Attorney General,, Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0458

    The juvenile court's rulings related to and preceding the filing of a t tion petition showed that the court substantially complied with or impliedly satisfied the endorsement requirement for a

  • Wojcik v. Windmill Lake Apartments Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph E. Hughes, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Henry D. Fellows Jr., Thomas J. Mihill Fellows, Johnson & LaBriola LLP, Atlanta, and Robert D. Ingram Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, Marietta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A06A2112

    The defendants' knowledge of isolated criminal activity at its apartment complex did not make the plaintiff's murder by a non-resident forse

  • In the Interest of S. M. G.

    Publication Date: 2007-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Hall, Blakely, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Lauren H. Williamson, Albany, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas E. Sasser II William S. Stone PC, Blakely.

    Case Number: A07A0706

    The juvenile court properly terminated the parental rights of the biological father after he failed to file a pet to legitimate his children within 30 days of receipt of the termination pet

  • T. J. Blake Trucking Inc. v. Alea London Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2007-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas L. Murphy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul J. Oeland IV, Conyers, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A1916

    T ured failed to controvert t urance underwriter's affidavit stating that he would not have written the policy for the coverage of t ured's two trucks as issued if he had known about

  • Gonzalez v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Bruce E. Roberts, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A2392

    The investigator's actions in requesting a lower bond did not constitute a hope of benefit under O.C.G.A. § 24

  • Rice v. Cannon

    Publication Date: 2007-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Andrew and Kathryn W. Rice, Powder Springs, proceeded pro se. Richard W. Calhoun Brock, Clay, Calhoun, Wilson & Rogers, Marietta, Anthony E. DeNapoli and Lewis S. Fine, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A06A2449

    The trial court properly dismissed the plaintiffs' pro se complaint based on their repeated and wilful failure to appear at their duly-noticed deposi

  • State v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2007-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas W. McDonald Jr. McDonald & Cody Law Offices, Cornelia, for Davis. Nina M. Svoren and Timothy P. Healy Healy & Svoren, Toccoa, for Smith. Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for the state.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A06A1963; A06A1964; A06A1965

    The officer had a valid basis to stop the driver's vehicle for violating OCGA § 40-2-41, which requires a vehicle's license plate to be legible at all times, even if the vehicle is not registered in

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony J. Morgese, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Susan K. Treadaway, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A2426

    The trial court did not err in refusing to accept the jury's first verdict of guilty with reasonable doubt as an acquittal and in sending the jury out for further delibera

  • Freeman v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, and Christopher S. Cohilas, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0969

    The trial court did not err in failing to, sua sponte, conduct a hearing on the defendant's competency to stand trial after considering the competency examination report and concluding that the defe

  • Cole v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey R. Sliz, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Dawsonville, and Juliet Aldridge District Attorney's Office, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A2237

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress because the methamphetamine was legally seized when the officer saw it in plain view during a valid investigative dete