• In re M.C.J.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. Day, Monroe, and Ann N. Garner, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Lander McNally, Edwards, Bailey & Lander, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A98A2296

    Father's contention that his children cannot be found deprived since they are well-cared for by their mother and her family is without merit since the question is whether the child is presently with

  • Patterson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen A. Williams McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham, Dalton, and Todd M. Johnson Law Offices of Todd Johnson, Cohutta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Herbert M. Poston Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A0164

    Evidence that the defendant threatened and coerced the child victims and that he used physical force against them justified the trial court's charge on aggravated s

  • Hamilton v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark T. Phillips, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford P. Bowden, District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0314

    The evidence did not support the defendant's claim that he acted in self-defense, even though the victim pointed a gun at his accomplice, since that confrontation ended, the victim and the defendant

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry M. Daniel, Waynesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0169

    Defendant failed to prove his contention that one of the jurors who convicted him did not receive a summons and therefore was unauthorized to serve on the

  • In the Interest of J.W.L.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward F. Smith, Assistant Public Defender, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, and James D. Lamb, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0530

    The trial court could find that the juvenile forced the victim, based on a videotape that showed him pulling the victim into the locker room and the victim's testimony that the juvenile pulled her l

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  • Shelnutt v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Smith, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, and Marsha L. Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, Danielsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0033

    Defense counsel's decision not to request charges on reckless conduct and assault did not amount to ineffective assistance since the lesser included offenses were inconsistent with the defendants' c

  • Merneigh v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jill L. Anderson, Public Defender, Douglasville, and Lee. W. Fitzpatrick, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and James E. Barker, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0145

    The trial court properly allowed a prospective juror who knew one of the state's witnesses to remain on the jury panel since she said that her relationship with that witness would not necessarily ca

  • Starling v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chris Jenson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, and James L. Moss Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Jackson, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0592

    The mere fact that the arresting officer worked for the county in which the state brought DUI charges against defendant did not show that the officer arrested defendant within his jurisdiction since

  • Kuehn v. Selton & Assocs.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Kelley Kitchens Kelley Gaines PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William M. Droze and Daniel S. Reinhardt Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1904, A99A1905

    Defendant could not enforce a restriction in its former broker's employment contract which prohibited broker from competing with defendant indefin

  • Barnes v. Greater Ga. Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald J. Jordan and Cedric B. Davis Adams & Jordan, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael R. Hurst Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ga. Inc., Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0782

    Plaintiff was not entitled to accidental death benefits under her son's life insurance since policy excluded losses caused by the commission of a crime and the son was driving under the influence wh