• In the Interest of R. D. B.

    Publication Date: 2008-01-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A2184

    The mother and son tested positive for methamphetamine, following the son's birth, and the mother was incarcerated eight months later on a 10-year sentence for possession of methamphetamine with

  • Gooch v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-01-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A2021

    The defendant threw a burning bedsheet on his ex-wife's bedroom floor during a quarrel, forcing her to jump over the sheet to e

  • Clayton County Ga. v. HealthSouth Holdings Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-11-30
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brain R. Dempsey and Michelle Y. Terry Hancock, Dempsey& Everett LLP0, Forest Park, for Clayton county. Dennis A. Davenport McNally, Fox & Grant PC, Fayetteville, for Fayette county. Edward K. Smith, Atlanta, for HealthSouth.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A0922; A07A1327; A07A1328

    An assignee of the taxpayer may not claim a tax refund under OCGA § 48-

  • In the Interest of M. K.

    Publication Date: 2007-11-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan A. Hayes, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox, Assistant Attorney General, Wayne E. Grannis Fulton County Juvenile Court and Lytia G. Brown, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A1430

    The juvenile court failed to determine whether the putative father abandoned his opportunity interest in developing a relationship with the 15-year-old

  • Clayton County Ga. v. HealthSouth Holdings Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-10-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brain R. Dempsey and Michelle Y. Terry Hancock, Dempsey& Everett LLP0, Forest Park, for Clayton county. Dennis A. Davenport McNally, Fox & Grant PC, Fayetteville, for Fayette county. Edward K. Smith, Atlanta, for HealthSouth.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A0922; A07A1327; A07A1328

    An assignee of the taxpayer may not claim a tax refund under OCGA § 48-

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  • Bass v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-09-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Bass, Blue Ridge, proceeded pro se. Joe W. Hendricks Jr., District Attorney, Jasper, and Fay I. McCormack Prosecuting Attorney's Counsel of Ga., Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A1564

    The decision in the defendant's prior appeal was binding with regard to the denial of his speedy trial plea i

  • In the Interest of C. S.

    Publication Date: 2007-09-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams III Public Defender's Office and Meron Dagnew, Dalton, for the mother. Curtis A. Kleem, Dalton, for the father. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Bruce A. Kling, Dalton, for appellee. Other party representation: Philip F. Woodward, Dalton.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A06A0309; A06A0310

    The termination of the father's parental rights was reversed, since O.C.G.A. § § 15-11-96 c and 9-11-4 required that the father, who was incarcerated in Tennessee and received the petition and the

  • Slater v. State of Ga. ex rel Cox

    Publication Date: 2007-08-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George T. Smith Browning & Tanksley LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shereen M. Walls, William W. Banks Jr. and Oscar B. Fears III, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A07A1029

    The Georgia Securities Act's 20-day deadline for filing an a is a special statute that may shorten the general 30-day time period for a

  • Doyal v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-08-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne H. Basford and Michael R. McCarthy, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0902

    the trial court erred in admitting an officer's testimony that others told him defendant was selling methamphetamine, since the statement contained noncumulative hearsay, the testimony improperly pl

  • Gilchrist v. Gilchrist

    Publication Date: 2007-08-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Addrenna Gilchrist, Lithonia, proceeded pro se. Jacquelyn F. Luther, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A1574

    The trial court erred in awarding attorney's fees without supporting the award with the requisite fin