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  • In the Interest of J. V.

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meron Dagnew and Bentley C. Adams Public Defender's Office, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Matthew A. Rankin, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1045

    O.C.G.A. § 15-11-40 b prohibits the change, modification, or vacation of a commitment order, once the juvenile is in the Department of Juvenile Justice's cu

  • Strickland & Smith v. Williamson

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins, Vidalia, and Glen A. Cheney, Reidsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Malcolm F. Bryant, Vidalia, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A1475

    The trial court was required to conduct a new trial on remand, because the defendants sought a new trial after entry of judgment, rather than moving for a directed verdict or j.

  • Vaughn v. Roberts

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nakata S. Fitch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Curtis L. Hubbard Franklin & Hubbard, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1000

    The defendant's failure to file an adequate brief, her failure to support her argument and her failure to include a transcript in the record doomed her appeal of the trial court's finding of con

  • Campbell, Odom & Griffith PC v. The Doctors Co.

    Publication Date: 2006-10-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan E. Hawkins, Jeffrey S. Bazinet and Robert P. Monyak Love, Willingham, Peters, Gilleland & Monyak, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert G. Tanner and Laura L. Voght Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1132

    Each party was equally bound to bear the cost of the underlying plaintiff's jury ve

  • Reid v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacque D. Hawk The Hawk Firm, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1306

    One victim identified the defendant as the gunman with gold teeth and wearing a red Hawaiian shirt who, along with several companions, shot at him and other in his group, injuring four and damaging

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  • Huff v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Jason R. Samuels and Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1484

    The defendant made phone calls from the victim's stolen cell phone and told his friend that "they had a new car" shortly after a young black male ordered the victim out of her vehicle at gunpoint an

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam Axam, Adams & Secret PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Zebulon, and Cindy L. Spindler Griffin Judicial Circuit, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0955

    The defendant inquired of a CI about purchasing co and agreed to pay $18,500 per kilogram for three kilograms of co

  • Vaughn v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key Sexton, Key & Hendrix PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Thomas R. McBerry, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1587

    The trial court deprived the defendant of his right to be present at trial when it directed him to leave the courtroom during a colloquy with the jury about phone calls some of the jurors may have r

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Dickey, Rincon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, and Angel L. Blair District Attorney's Office, Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1188

    Multiple witnesses identified the defendant as the man in a striped shirt who took the victim's purse and

  • In the Interest of H. M.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis W. Miller, Lithonia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Saudia L. Crawford, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1232

    Evidence that the mother suffered from untreated mental health problems, failed to complete her case plan goals, had five other children, who were in DFACS custody, and admitted that she had no bond