Publication Date: 2017-02-02
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Blackwell,
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Tarleton Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Alex G. Smith Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Woodbine, for appellant.
for defendant: Jacquelyn L. Johnson, District Attorney, Woodbine, Andrew J. Ekonomou District Attorney's Office, Brunswick, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Vanessa T. Meyerhoefer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S16A1721
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