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  • In the Interest of S. V.

    Publication Date: 2007-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephanie D. Burton Public Defender's Office, Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles M. Johnson, Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0363

    Clear and convincing evidence that the mother's live-in boyfriend sexually molested the child and her refusal to not live in the same house with her boyfriend supported the court's finding that the

  • Sanders v. Trinity Universal Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2007-06-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Farmer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John D. Dixon Dennis, Correy, Porter &Smith LLP, Steven D. Brower, Paul W. Burke and Brian T. Moore Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0280

    Plaintiff's pro se action brought in magistrate court barred her insurance company's subsequent action to recover damages resulting from a car acc

  • Branan v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard D. Wilson, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Kimberly L. Schwartz, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0573

    The defendant's investment agreements with various victims for the purchase of boat slips and storage racks for a certain fee, with an option to sell thirteen months later for more than six times th

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carmen D. Smith, Solicitor General, Roland Knaut and R. Leon Benham, Assistant Solicitors, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0626

    The defendant's speedy trial demand was nullity, since she filed it before state filed an accus

  • Orff v. Stonewood Restaurant Group LLC

    Publication Date: 2007-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Leslie and David A. Canale David A. Canale & Assocs., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimberly M. DeWitt and David F. Root Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0650

    The plaintiff had equal knowledge of an alleged hazard in the defendant's restaurant-a step up to the restaurant booth where she

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  • Lott v. Ridley

    Publication Date: 2007-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald C. Bowman Jr. Law Offices of Hugh M. Worsham Jr., Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calvin A. Rouse, Augusta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A07A0488

    The trial court erred in admitted unedited notes from the plaintiff's medical v

  • LaFette v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jovan D. LaFette, Oglethorpe, proceeded pro se. Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A07A0732

    Habeas provided defendant's only remedy after expiration of the term of court in which the trial court entered judgment on his convi

  • Bragg v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Lanier Jr., Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, and W. Scott Brannen, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0443

    Conviction for aggravated stalking reversed, since an element of the offense was that the contact be without the victim's consent and the victim testified that she agreed to meet with the defendant

  • Hubbard v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Michael E. Craig, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0313

    Defense counsel was not deficient for failing to object to admission of similar transaction evi

  • Gregorakos v. Wells Fargo Nat'l Assoc.

    Publication Date: 2007-06-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thomas Stubbs, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nathan P. Bowden, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0550

    The plaintiff could not seek reformation of a security since she was not in privity to the parties of the original