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STATE v. HIGHTOWER

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236 Ga. 58 (1976)

222 S.E.2d 333

THE STATE v. HIGHTOWER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 6, 1976.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Carole E. Wall, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

Robert M. Coker, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

The matter of commitment hearings and the right to counsel at those hearings are pressing questions before this court. Since we decided State v. Houston, 234 Ga. 721 (218 S.E.2d 13) (1975), on July 2, 1975, five cases involving these questions have come before us.1

In this case certiorari was granted to review the decision of the Court of...

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