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  • Klaub v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Mayer, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Alvera A. Wheeler, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1185

    Defendant should have brought his claims of trial error in his first a

  • In the Interest of B. D. G.

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michele W. Ogletree and Harold A. Sturdivant Sullivan, Sturdivant & Ogletree PC, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Rebekah E. Meier Cooper & Meier PC, Griffin, for appellee. Other party representation: Karen M. Calloway, Fayetteville.
    Case Number: A03A1637

    The mother unjustifiably failed to comply with her court-ordered 90-day reunification

  • State v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. McDade, District Attorney, Christopher R. Johnson and Pamela D. Brophy, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank C. Winn Winn, Price & Winn, Douglasville, and Bert W. Cohen, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1548, A03A1549

    Nothing in O.C.G.A. § 17-7-53.1 allows a quashed accusation to trigger the prosecutor

  • Brannen v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Alvin Leaphart, Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, and Jacquelyn L. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1524

    The 9-month delay between the return of defendant's case to the superior court and her trial was not particularly onerous and she failed to show prejudice due to the alleged unavailability of three

  • State v. Merit

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Thomas E. Csider, Assistant District Attorney, and Tammi S. Fuller DeKalb County District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karlyn Skall, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0975

    The officer's warrantless entry into an apartment without consent or exigent circumstances violated the defendant's Fourth Amendment r

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  • Bussey v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Adams Jr., Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, and Gail M. Travillian, Assistant District Attorney, Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1101

    The evidence supported a finding that the defendant had constructive possession of loose marijuana found during the execution of a search warrant at the house where he re

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold A. Sturdivant and Michele W. Ogletree Sullivan, Sturdivant & Ogletree PC, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Thomaston, and Daniel A. Hiatt, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1803

    The defendant did not waive his right to open and close argument by quoting one word from the arresting officer's initial report for impeachment pur

  • Kell v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leonard L. Franco Furlong & Franco, Atlanta, and Thomas C. Rowsey, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, and Harrison W. Kohler, Assistant Attorney General, Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2339

    The trial court did not err in fining the defendant $50,000 as a condition of his probation on his conviction for Medicaid

  • In re Estate of Moriarty

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hubert C. Lovein Jr. Jones, Cork & Miller LLP, and George B. Smith III, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert P. Reichert Jr. and Robert A. Reichert Anderson, Walker & Reichert, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0742

    Although probate courts lack jurisdiction to address challenges to validity of wills probated in common form, the probate court had jurisdiction to address a caveat challenging an executor's ability

  • Makowski v. Waldrop

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald T. Gold Alembik, Fine & Callner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David P. Darden, Marietta, and Jeffrey B. Talley Jeffrey B. Talley & Assocs. PC, Dallas, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0589

    A lease-purchase o agreement did not satisfy the statute of frauds because it contained an inadequate property descri