Publication Date: 2016-01-27
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Scott O. Teague, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S15A1729
The trial court denied the defendant his constitutional right to self-representation when, after the defendant unequivocally asserted the right, the trial court proceeded to trial, leaving counsel i