Publication Date: 2015-11-19
Practice Area:
Industry:
Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh B. Merchant The Merchant Law Firm PC, Marietta, for Post. Kenneth R. Croy, Marietta, and Christopher R. Geel, Charleston, SC, for Fripp. Mitchell D. Durham, Marietta, for Brown. D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, John A. Pursley in Case No. S15A1189 only, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorneys, Jason R. Samuels J. Samuels Law PC, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Vicki Samara Bass in Case No. S15A1193 only, Assistant Attorney General, and Mary C. Greaber in Case Nos. S15A1189 S15A1190 only Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for State.
for defendant:
Case Number: S15A1189; S15A1190; S15A1193
A superior court judge erred in denying the defendants' recusal motions, which were based in part on the fact that the district attorney prosecuting the cases was serving as treasurer for the trial