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  • In the Interest of D. L. T.

    Publication Date: 2013-08-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ana Rountree Rountree Law Firm, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Calandra Harps, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Jennifer Zimmerman, Joseph Justice, Dallas, and William Pike, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Natalie Bergeron Bass, Bergeron & Smith PC, Woodstock, Billie Crane, Cedartown, Debbie Bickers CASA, and Jana Evans, Dallas.
    Case Number: A13A0883

    The juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in finding that placing the two minor half-siblings with one child's paternal grandparents or separating the children would cause emotional harm and

  • Georgia Dep't of Driver Servs. v. Appling

    Publication Date: 2013-08-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Joseph Drolet, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ashley Culberson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Appling, Atlanta, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A13A0908

    The trial court was without jurisdiction to consider the defendant's petition for judicial review of an decision to suspend his driver's license because such was not filed within 30 days of th

  • Pruitt v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-08-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ann Fitz, Beverly Hills, Calif., for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, District Attorney, and Sandra Partridge, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A1355

    The defendant did not show that her counsel was ineffective in preparing for trial, speaking to potential witnesses or consulting wit

  • Price v. Thapa

    Publication Date: 2013-08-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Corbett, Evan Mermelstein Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Norcross, and Udal Singh, Duluth, for appellee. Other party representation: William Amos Sharon W. Ware & Associates, Atlanta, Pratap Singh Daksh Enterprises Inc., Stone Mountain, and Michael Geoffroy, Conyers.
    Case Number: A13A0748

    Because the plaintiff's affidavit and deposition testimony were essentially consistent and other evidence supported his contention that the defendant failed to stop at a stop sign, the trial court e

  • Georgia Dermatologic Surgery Ctrs. PC v. Pharis

    Publication Date: 2013-08-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Flint, John Rees Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, and Michael Eshman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Sherman and Sherri Kimmell Ray & Sherman LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0266

    The trial court properly granted partial summary judgment to the plaintiff in his action for breach of contract/wrongful termination because the defendant corporation did not comply with O.C.G.A. §

  • Pugh v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James McDade, District Attorney, and Jeffrey Gore, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0634

    Trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance in failing to file a motion to exclude statements the defendant made during his interview with investigators, as the defendant was not in custody

  • Tyre v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, District Attorney, and Peggy Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0652

    The defendant's Batson motion was properly denied since the State offered racially-neutral reasons for its peremptory strikes and the defendant failed to establish that the reasons given were prete

  • Harris v. Tenet Healthsystem Spalding Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Trask Parks, Chesin, Walbert & Miller PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Scott Commander, Lori Jolly Commander Pound LLP, Anna Fretwell, Taylor Tribble Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Brian Mathis, Kevin Race Insley & Race LLC, Wayne McGrew, and Heather Miller Carlock Copeland & Stair, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A13A0535

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting the medical malpractice defendants' joint motion for a qualified protective order seeking permission to conduct ex parte interviews with the

  • Newsome v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Patterson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy Floyd, James Wright, District Attorneys, and David Slemons District Attorney's Office, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0569

    A jury verdict finding the defendant guilty of "drug possession, sale, manufacture, with the intent to distribute" was illegal because the defendant was not charged with the sale or manufacture of

  • Carstaffin v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Phillips, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, District Attorney, and Marc Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0417

    The defendant did not show that his trial counsel was deficient in failing to elicit certain testimony from the 12-year-old sexual abuse v