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  • In re Estate of Holtzclaw

    Publication Date: 2008-10-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0862

    The probate court erred in not ordering the estate's executor to personally pay the appellant's attorneys' fees arising out of a petition for an accounting, since the executor kept the e

  • In the Interest of A. G.

    Publication Date: 2008-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0942; A08A1152

    The mother's history of criminal behavior and drug use, her admission that she had no bond with her youngest child and her failure to pay child support, supported the termination of her parental

  • Freeman v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0829

    The defendant caused her son cruel and excessive pain by failing to seek medical attention for him and instructing him to conceal the cause of his injuries, after the defendant's boyfriend burne

  • Dexter v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A1342

    The defendant's statement was voluntary, even through the investigator coaxed him to some extent, since the investigator offered no hope of benefit or fear of i

  • Milan v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A1574

    The prosecutor did not impermissibly comment on the similar transaction victim's credibility when he argued in closing that she was telling the

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  • State v. Stallworth

    Publication Date: 2008-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A1021

    While the 28-month delay between the defendant's arrest and his motion to dismiss was presumptively prejudicial, the state did not deliberately cause the delay, the defendant waited to assert hi

  • Younger v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0956

    There was a fatal variance between the crime alleged in the indictment-that the defendant was operating a motor vehicle without a license plate-and the evidence introduced at trial-that the defendan

  • State v. O'Neal

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A1491

    The original trial judge had discretion to deny the defendant's motion to sever similar offenses based on evidence that the defendant used the first victim's stolen car during his robbery an

  • McCain v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A1510

    Any error in admitting evidence on an earlier shoplifting incident at a different store was harmless, given the properly admitted evidence in this

  • Greenwood Homes Inc. v. Long

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0843

    O.C.G.A. § 5-3-7 governs outcome in this case and the plaintiff's prior dismissal of her appeal rendered the magistrate court judgment for the defendant