• Leonard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan C. Malone, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Emily Rebecca Polk, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0135

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