IN RE V.H.

No. A10A2150.

708 S.E.2d 544 (2011)

In the Interest of V.H., a child.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

March 18, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Scott Key , McDonough, for appellant.

Thurbert E. Baker , Atty. Gen., Shalen S. Nelson , Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Kathryn Ann Fox , Asst. Atty. Gen., E. Suzanne Whitaker , Michelle R. Clark , Stockbridge, for appellee.


DOYLE, Judge.

The father of a seven-year-old girl, V.H., appeals from a juvenile court order finding the child to be deprived. In his single enumeration of error, the father contends that the court erred by allowing a law enforcement officer to testify about the father's purported unwillingness to speak to the officer and by drawing a negative inference from the father's exercise of his right to remain silent. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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