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BARNES v. STATE

No. S01G1568.

570 S.E.2d 277 (2002)

275 Ga. 499

BARNES v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 23, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudette V. Bazile, Tara D. Dickerson, Kevin J. Jones, Atlanta, for appellant.

Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor-General, Katherine Diamandis, Asst. Solicitor-General, for appellant.

James C. Bonner, Jr., Atlanta, for amicus appellant.

SEARS, Presiding Justice.

Appellant L'Erin Barnes appealed her misdemeanor conviction to the Court of Appeals, claiming that she did not knowingly and intelligently waive her Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel. The Court of Appeals declined to reach that issue, however, relying upon precedent that a criminal defendant who receives a suspended or probated prison sentence rather than a sentence of actual imprisonment...

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