Publication Date: 2003-01-13
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph I. Knowles Jr., C. Rebecca Smith Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine and Craig C. Knowles Andrews & Knowles LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Bryant G. Speed II, District Attorney, Rome, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S02A1310
The defendant, who was tried for a capital crime prior to July 1, 1988, could not waive his request for a hearing to determine whether he is mentally retarded after a court found sufficient credible