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  • In the Interest of D.L.W.

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michele W. Ogletree and Harold A. Sturdivant Sullivan, Sturdivant & Ogletree PC, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and LeAnne P. Cooper Power, Futch & Cooper PC, McDonough, for appellee. Other party representation: Karen M. Calloway, Fayetteville.
    Case Number: A03A1607

    The mother's history of mental illness supported a finding that her child was dep

  • Colbert v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Colbert, Pelham, proceeded pro se. John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Elisha W. Jernigan Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A1827

    Defendant failed to show that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion to withdraw his negotiated guilty

  • Revis v. Jowers

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Galen A. Mirate, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Keith H. Solomon, Douglas, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1078

    The first defendant no longer has legal interest in real property that her mother purchased at a foreclosure sale after the first defendant pledged her interest in the land as collateral for a loan

  • Hormel Food Corp. v. DeKalb County Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward H. Wasmuth Jr. and William Van Hearnburg Jr. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher J. Hamilton and Richard A. Carothers Carothers & Mitchell, Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0879; A03A0889

    The 3-year limitation period set forth in O.C.G.A. § 48-2-49 applies only to the state revenue commissioner and not to county tax b

  • Coweta County, Ga. v. T. Jerry Jackson, State Revenue Comm'r

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Asa M. Powell Jr. and Jerry A. Conner Glover & Davis, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Deputy Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michele M. Young, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1289

    The county should have followed the discretionary appeal procedures for appellate review of the State Revenue Commissioner's assessment of a $91,886 fee for submitting a deficient tax digest in

  • Copeland v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Watkins, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Staci L Guest, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1569

    Ample evidence supported a finding that defendant wilfully deprived his girlfriend's 2 1/2-year-old twins of necessary sustenance, within the meaning of O.C.G.A. § 16-5-70 a, to the extent that the

  • City of Riverdale v. Clayton County

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Beall IV, Jonesboro, Frank E. Jenkins III and Brandon L. Bowen Jenkins & Nelson, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jack R. Hancock, Shawn M. Story, Brian R. Dempsey and Bridgette M. Palmer Hancock, Story & Dempsey LLC, Forest Park, for appellee. Other Party Representation: Susan M. Pruett and Ted C. Baggett Georgia Municipal Corp., Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A1116

    The city's annexation of land in an unincorporated area of the county was invalid because the city failed to comply with O.C.G.A. § § 36-36-37 and 36-

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Elizabeth Lane, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, Katherine K. Lumsden and Amy E. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1456

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that the doctrine of admissions in judicio does not apply to prove

  • George v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricky Morris, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1134

    The trial court clearly erred in denying the defendant's Batson challenge because the explanations given by the state for striking four of the five available African-American males from the jury wer

  • Huddle House Inc. v. Paragon Foods Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Hudson Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carl R> Langley Langley & Lee, Albany, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0962

    A contractual provision limiting venue in an intrastate conflict is unenforceable as against public p