In establishing the validity of a roadblock, the state is required to show that the screening officer who made the determination to administer field sobriety tests had sufficient training to qualify him or her as a screening officer. Accordingly, where a roadblock was executed by the Georgia State Patrol and the Albany Police Department, the …
An officer’s activation of emergency lights may constitute a “show of authority” effectuating a seizure. However, activation of blue lights is not irrefutable evidence of a traffic stop; whether an individual has been seized must be determined by analyzing “all of the circumstances surrounding the incident.”
A candidate for State House District 151 failed to establish that he met the residency requirements for that office. The evidence showed that, as a result of decennial redistricting by the state legislature, James Ricardo Williams’s residence was moved from District 151 to District 154 starting with the 2012 election cycle. However, the county election …
Scope of review limited to whether candidate met residency qualifications for office. Read More
A child must be placed on adoptive status at age 13 or older in order to receive Adoption Assistance benefits while attending college after he or she reaches age 18. Accordingly, Petitioner could not continue to receive Adoption Assistance benefits after her child turned 18 and enrolled in college because her child was placed for …
Adoption assistance not available to college student placed on adoptive status at age 3. Read More
The Court declined to enter a default order for a licensee’s failure to appear at the hearing where service of the Notice of Hearing by certified mail was unsuccessful and the Georgia Board of Nursing did not demonstrate that it attempted personal service, sought to locate another address for the licensee, or served its director …
Licensee not in default where service of hearing notice not perfected. Read More
After her plan to cater an alumni event hosted at her school fell through, a principal directed the caterer, whom she had improperly paid directly from school funds, to deliver the food to her friend’s party. The Commission sought to suspend the principal’s educator certificate for two years based on its determination that the principal …
