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  • Waters v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam Axam, Adams & Secret PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Chad E. Jacobs, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1337

    The defendant chased the victim from a restaurant and fired at him at least nine times with a handgun, killin

  • In the Interest of A. N.

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Billie J. Crane, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mitchell D. White, Kimberly D. Puckett, Dallas, Mary E. Cobbs McManus & Smith LLP, Tucker, Helen Hein Polk County DFACS, and Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1147

    The juvenile court erred in dividing legal and physical custody of the deprived children between DFACS and the children's maternal grandpa

  • Vatacs Group Inc. v. Homeside Lending Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Cauthorn III, Melissa M. Nohr and Justin B. O'Dell Cauthorn & Nohr PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles W. Brown, Frederic S. Beloin Beloin & Assocs. LLC and Lewis E. Hassett Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06G0575

    Laches is an equitable defense, which is not applicable to actions at law, including petitions for declaratory jud

  • Gelfand v. Gelfand

    Publication Date: 2006-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam S. Jaffe and Lynley R. Rothstein Adam S. Jaffe & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Stephen Clifford and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1426

    The wife's appeal of the denial of her motion for declaratory relief in regard to her petition for an upward modification of child support was subject to the interlocutory appeal procedures, because

  • Page v. Page

    Publication Date: 2006-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa A. Owen and Thomas E. Cauthorn III Cauthorn & Nohr, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronne G. Kaplan, Atlanta, and E. Noreen Banks-Ware, Lithonia, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06F1404

    The trial court erred in finding that it lacked authority to review the parties' settlement agreement, which the parties entered into after they agreed to submit their financial issues to arbitr

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  • Peterson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Edwina M. Watkins, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0664

    The defendant initially told police that his 15-year-old girlfriend was fatally shot in a drive-by sho then blamed a family acquaintance, before finally taking responsibility for the sho

  • Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick G. Longhi, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1238

    The defendant hit the victim with his handgun, shot him in the chest and stole money from his pockets, during a drug transaction in an apartment complex parkin

  • Puga-Cerantes v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Gibert, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1282

    The trial court properly allowed a taxi driver to repeat the defendant's statement during a phone conversation in the driver's taxi, even through the witness and the defendant allegedly spoke Spanis

  • King v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2006-07-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert B. Wallace and Stephen B. Wallace II Albert B. Wallace PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles J. Driebe, Keith C. Martin Driebe & Driebe PC, Jonesboro, and Howard P. Wallace Howard, Pelham & Wallace PC, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0842

    The jury was authorized to draw its own conclusion regarding the extent of the decedent's lucidity or incapacity after viewing a videotape of the decedent's

  • Major v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-07-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Metro Conflict Defender Inc., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Vonnetta L. Benjamin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0810

    The defendant approached the murder victim's car and demanded his money, before shooting him multiple