Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Franklin H. Thornton, LaGrange, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrick J. McDonough, District Attorney, David N. Marple, Cheri L. Nichols, Richard E. Thomas, Assistant District Attorneys, Cordele, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellants: Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael LLP, Ronald E. Houser, Athens, and Grady K. Dukes, McDonough.
Case Number: S00G0895
The protections of OCGA § 17-7-52 extend to a peace officer charged with criminal misdeeds in office, even if the officer is no longer employed as a peace officer when criminal proceedings against