• In the Interest of T. A.

    Publication Date: 2015-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darice Good, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Lytia Brown Brown Geiger Associates, Jamieson Rogers, Court Advocate Special Assistant, and Nathan Hayes, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2175

    Evidence that the mother was unable to parent the child due to her own cognitive deficits sufficiently supported the termination of her parental r

  • Hower v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathaniel Middleton, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert James, District Attorney, Deborah Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, and Donna Stribling District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2293

    The defendant failed to show that the trial court erred in finding that he entered his guilty plea to child molestation freely and volunt

  • Broom v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rutledge Public Defender's Office, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, District Attorney, LaFayette, and Leanna Granillo, Assistant District Attorney, Ringgold, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1944

    Even assuming that defense counsel was deficient in failing to inform the defendant of a plea offer's expiration date, the defendant presented no evidence to show that he would have accepted the of

  • Huntley v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, Colquitt, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, District Attorney, and Moruf Oseni District Attorney's Office, Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1820

    The evidence showed that the defendant was a party to the crimes of selling cocaine and distributing cocaine near a school and distributing cocaine near a park, since he drove his friend, the actual

  • McClattie v. Kowal

    Publication Date: 2015-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Debra Bryan Bryan Law Office, and Barbara Claridge Claridge Law Firm, Augusta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A2122

    The trial court properly granted the defendants in a neighbor dispute a directed verdict on the plaintiff's claims regarding the location of their driveway and the placement of their trash

  • Paul v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Michael Tarleton Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1641

    The evidence sufficiently supported the defendant's burglary conviction, despite his testimony that he thought the dwelling was vacant and that he could ent

  • Graham v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael King, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Natalie Paine, and Titus Nichols District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1560

    The trial court did not make the requisite findings of fact and conclusions of law in determining the constitutional speedy trial

  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Armstrong Public Defender's Office, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Edwards, District Attorney, Cania Brown-Gordon, and Melinda Wynne District Attorney's Office, Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1501

    Any error in allowing an officer to testify at the defendant's aggravated child molestation trial about what a similar transaction victim had told him was harmless beyond a reasonable

  • Burns v. State of Ga. Dep't of Admin. Servs.

    Publication Date: 2015-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: LaVerne Burns, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Kathleen Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Atlanta, Brown Dennis, and Jon Hall Chambless Higdon Richardson Katz Griggs LLP, Macon, for appellees. Other party representation: Douglas Witten State Bd. of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A14A1801

    The superior court erred in setting aside the award of temporary total disability benefits to the cla

  • Brown v. Seaboard Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2015-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Adams, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Brown Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter Strickland, Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1863

    The defendant road contractor was not responsible for repaving work that it had completed and the DOT had accepted well before the accident at issue occ