Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg, Gladys H. Pollard Capital Defender's Office, Atlanta, and David W. DeBruin Jenner & Block LLP, District of Columbia, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Donald P. Geary, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Theresa M. Schiefer, and Dana E. Weinberger, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, Franklin J. Hogue Hogue & Hogue LLP, Macon, and J. Scott Key, Decatur. Other party representation: Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Ctr. and Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Attorney's Council, Atlanta.
Case Number: S12P0870
The trial court abused its discretion in precluding voir dire questioning of prospective jurors as to whether they would automatically impose the death penalty, rather than fairly considering all th