Publication Date: 2011-01-21
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, and David E. Morgan III, Abbeville, for appellant.
for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cheri L. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Richard Tangum, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Center, Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Attorneys' Council and Gerald P. Word Georgia Capital Defender, Atlanta.
Case Number: S10P1772
The state did not misstate the law in advising the defendant that a death penalty defendant does not have an absolute right to withdraw his plea before jud