• In the Interest of K. N.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William H. Newton III, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Holly A. Bradfield, Rome, for appellee. Other party representation: Timothy J. Crouch, Rome.

    Case Number: A04A1820

    The mother failed to properly care for her own H.I.V.-positive status, maintain a job, regularly attend scheduled visits or develop a basic relationship with her

  • Rowen v. Estate of Jerry Bernard Hughley Jr.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon W. Rowen Rowen & Klonoski PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret C. Courtright, Decatur, for appellees. Other party representation: Derrick A. Pope, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A04A1985

    The probate court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting the guardian ad litem's contingency fee agreement, since a probate court has a specific responsibility in matters involving the settlement

  • Roy Hall d/b/a Hall's Tree Serv. v. Monroe County, Ga.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall D. Russell Sr. Faulkner & Russell PC, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Franklin Freeman Jr., Forsyth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A2233

    The trial court's award of attorneys' fees to the county in a contempt action against the defendant could not stand in the absence of express findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding the st

  • Hart v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin L. Melton III, Hartwell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, and Richard K. Bridgeman, Assistant District Attorney, Toccoa, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1997

    Trial counsels' decision not to raise the defendant's mental health in connection with his obstruction charge was based on trial strategy, since they intended to argue that defendant kicked the offi

  • Dillard v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Shepherd, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Brian V. Patterson, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A2269

    Evidence showing a conspiracy between the defe and her co-defe supported admission of the non-testifying co-defe s/co-conspirator's statements implicating the defe

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  • Nelson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Fulton County Conflict Defender Inc., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Alvera A. Wheeler, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1616

    The defendant's race-neutral reasons for stricking a Caucasian juror were prete

  • In the Interest of M. D. L.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Brannen Bargeron, Louisville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, and John A. Fitzner III District Attorney's Office, Swainsboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A2353

    The juvenile's act of firing into an empty parked car at 4 a.m. did not constitute first degree criminal property damage, which requires proof of reckless endange

  • Brantley v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Darden, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Larry Chisolm, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A2329

    Defense counsel's decision not to request charges on alibi and mere association was a matter of trial ta

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Morgan III, Abbeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, and Cheri L. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1921

    The victim identified the defendant as the man who knocked on her door late at night, returned several times when she told him he had the wrong address, threatened to beat her when she displayed a

  • Rogers v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice G. Kenner, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey H. Brickman, Acting District Attorney, and Elisabeth G. MacNamara, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1659

    The defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to counsel at