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“here the language of a statute is plain and susceptible of only one natural and reasonable construction, an appellate court must construe the statute accordingly.”
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In the Interest of T.J., a Child
here the language of a statute is plain and susceptible of only one natural and reasonable construction, an appellate court must construe the statute accordingly.
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Southwestern Emergency Physicians, P.C. v. Douglas L. Quinney
T. , 325 Ga. App. 590 , 591, 754 S.E.2d 380 (2014). 19 Deal v. Coleman , 294 Ga. 170 , 172 (1) (a), 751 S.E.2d 337 (2013) (punctuation omitted); accord Flanders , 344 Ga. App. at 495 (1), 810 S.E.2d 656 ; Holcomb , 329 Ga. App. at 517 (1), 765 S.E.2d 687 ; Martinez v. State , 325 Ga. App. 267 , 273 (2), 750 S.E.2d 504 (2013). 20 Deal , 294 Ga. at 172 (1) (a), 751 S.E.2d 337 ; accord Flanders , 344 Ga. App. at 495-96 (1), 810 S.E.2d 656 ; Holcomb , 329 Ga. App. at 517 (1), 765 S.E.2d 687 ; see also Tibbles v. Teachers Retirement Sys. of Ga. , 297 Ga. 557 , 558 (1), 775 S.E.2d 527 (2015) ("A sta…
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MAYS v. the STATE.
Although the court again stated, "it's not one of those whatever crimes listed there" without further explanation or clarification, it is evident, regardless of its reasoning, the court rejected Mays's argument that it must include a behavioral-incentive date in his sentence. 3 Few v. State , 311 Ga. App. 608 , 608, 716 S.E.2d 644 (2011) (punctuation omitted); accord Spargo v. State , 332 Ga. App. 410 , 411, 773 S.E.2d 35 (2015). 4 Few , 311 Ga. App. at 608 , 716 S.E.2d 644 ; Wilder v. State , 343 Ga. App. 110 , 112, 806 S.E.2d 200 (2017). 5 Kemp v. Kemp , 337 Ga. App. 627 , 632, 788 S.E.2d 51…
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Mercer University v. John Stofer
T. , 325 Ga. App. 590 , 591, 754 S.E.2d 380 (2014). 5 Holcomb , 329 Ga. App. at 517 (1), 765 S.E.2d 687 (punctuation omitted); accord Deal v. Coleman , 294 Ga. 170 , 172 (1) (a), 751 S.E.2d 337 (2013). 6 Holcomb , 329 Ga. App. at 517 (1), 765 S.E.2d 687 ; accord Deal , 294 Ga. at 172 (1) (a), 751 S.E.2d 337 ; see also Tibbles v. Teachers Retirement Sys. of Ga. , 297 Ga. 557 , 558, 775 S.E.2d 527 (2015) ("A statute draws it meaning, of course, from its text.") (punctuation and citation omitted); Chan v. Ellis, 296 Ga. 838 , 839 1, 770 S.E.2d 851 2015 (same); State v. Able , 321 Ga. App. 632 , 6…
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DAVIS v. MORRISON Et Al.
T. , 325 Ga. App. 590 , 591, 754 S.E.2d 380 (2014). 6 Deal v. Coleman , 294 Ga. 170 , 172 (1) (a), 751 S.E.2d 337 (2013) (punctuation omitted); accord Holcomb , 329 Ga. App. at 517 (1), 765 S.E.2d 687 . 7 See Holcomb , 329 Ga. App. at 517 (1), 765 S.E.2d 687 ; accord Deal , 294 Ga. at 172 (1) (a), 751 S.E.2d 337 ; see also Tibbles v. Teachers Retirement Sys. of Ga. , 297 Ga. 557 , 558 (1), 775 S.E.2d 527 (2015) ("A statute draws it meaning, of course, from its text." (punctuation and citation omitted) ); Chan v. Ellis , 296 Ga. 838 , 839 (1), 770 S.E.2d 851 (2015) (same); State v. Able , 321 G…
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Flanders v. Jackson
Holcomb v. Long , 329 Ga. App. 515 , 517 (1), 765 S.E.2d 687 (2014) ; accord In the Interest of L.T. , 325 Ga. App. 590 , 591, 754 S.E.2d 380 (2014).
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Monumedia II, LLC v. Georgia Department of Transportation
T. , 325 Ga. App. 590 , 591, 754 S.E.2d 380 (2014). 4 Deal v. Coleman , 294 Ga. 170 , 172 (1) (a), 751 S.E.2d 337 (2013) (punctuation omitted); accord Holcomb , 329 Ga. App. at 517 (1), 765 S.E.2d 687 ; Martinez v. State , 325 Ga. App. 267 , 273 (2), 750 S.E.2d 504 (2013). 5 See Holcomb , 329 Ga. App. at 517 (1), 765 S.E.2d 687 ; accord Deal , 294 Ga. at 172 (1) (a), 751 S.E.2d 337 ; see also Tibbles v. Teachers Retirement Sys. of Ga. , 297 Ga. 557 , 558 (1), 775 S.E.2d 527 (2015) ("A statute draws its meaning, of course, from its text.") (punctuation and citation omitted); Chan v. Ellis , 296…
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Jackson v. Sanders
All statutes relating to the same subject matter are to be construed together, and harmonized wherever possible.24 And here, while Jackson’s K-1s may be reliable evidence of a portion of his income, the trial court’s finding that those documents were not reliable evidence of his gross income, as broadly defined in OCGA § 19-6-15 (f) (1) (A),25 is not wholly unsupported by the evidence.26 Indeed, it was undisputed that Jackson had other sources of income in addition to the pass-through partnership income reflected on his 24 Hartley v. Agnes Scott Coll., 295 Ga. 458, 462 (2) (b) ( 759 SE2d …
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In Re: Clay Whittle, Sheriff
However, despite Whittle’s many policy-based assertions, “[t]he General Assembly does not enact a general intention, it enacts statutes.”6 And statutes have words with a reasonable range of meaning “that we interpret and apply,” rather than some “amorphous general intention.”7 This is because, in the context of legislation, discerning “collective intent is pure fiction because dozens if not hundreds of legislators have their own subjective views on the minutiae of bills they are voting on—or perhaps no views at all because they are wholly unaware of the minutiae.”8 Thus, in…
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Claude Scott Lucas v. Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Tasked in this matter with construing statutory language, we necessarily begin our analysis with “familiar and binding canons of construction.”5 Indeed, in considering the meaning of a statute, our charge as an appellate court is to “presume that the General Assembly meant what it said and said what it meant.”6 And toward that end, we must afford the statutory text its plain and ordinary meaning,7 consider the text contextually,8 read the text “in its most natural and reasonable way, as an 5 Id. 6 Deal v. Coleman, 294 Ga. 170, 172 (1) (a) ( 751 SE2d 337 ) (2013) (punctuation and cita…
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State
v.
BROWN
v.
BROWN
A11A2257.
Court of Appeals of Georgia.
Jan 23, 2014.
Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Anna Green Cross, Richele P. Anderson, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellant., John A. Steakley, for appellee.
Boggs.
Published
Citer courts: Court of Appeals of Georgia (1)
Boggs, Judge.
In Brown v. State, 293 Ga. 787 (750 SE2d 148) (2013), the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of this Court in State v. Brown, [*590] 315 Ga. App. 154 (726 SE2d 654) (2012). We therefore vacate our earlier opinion, adopt the opinion of the Supreme Court as our own, and affirm the trial court’s judgment.
Decided January 23, 2014. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Anna Green Cross, Richele P. Anderson, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellant. John A. Steakley, for appellee.Judgment affirmed.
Barnes, P. J., Miller, Dillard, Ray, Branch and McMillian, JJ., concur.