BURNS v. STATE

Nos. A05A0084, A05A0499.

618 S.E.2d 600 (2005)

274 Ga. App. 687

BURNS v. The STATE. Griffin v. The State.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wystan B. Getz, for appellant (case no. A05A0084).

Mathis & Williams, Tony E. Mathis, Decatur, for appellant (case no. A05A0499).

Jeffrey H. Brickman, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

In separate appeals from their criminal convictions, Derick Burns and Stanley Griffin challenge the trial court's refusal to allow Burns' attorney to withdraw from representing Burns based on a claim of conflict of interest, when Burns and Griffin were being represented in a joint trial by attorneys from the same public defender's office. While the better practice would have been to appoint outside counsel for one of the defendants upon counsel...

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