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ADAMS v. GEORGIA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. S01A1295.

553 S.E.2d 798 (2001)

274 Ga. 461

ADAMS et al. v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied November 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry, Jane E. Fahey, Rogers & Hardin, C.B. Rogers, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, John A. Chandler, Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Divine, Ralph I. Knowles, Jr., Kilpatrick Stockton, Miles J. Alexander, Atlanta, for appellants.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Christopher S. Brasher, James J. Phillips, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

CARLEY, Justice.

Appellants are opponents of capital punishment who filed a mandamus action to prohibit appellees Georgia Department of Corrections, Commissioner Jim Wetherington and the Georgia Board of Corrections from using the electric chair as this state's means of execution. Appellees moved to dismiss, asserting that appellants lack standing and that the petition fails to state a claim for mandamus relief. After a hearing, the trial court granted the motion...

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