WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. S05A0071.

611 S.E.2d 51 (2005)

279 Ga. 154

WILLIAMS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Richard Martin, Martin Brothers, P.C, Atlanta, for Appellant.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Robert E. Keller, Dist. Atty., Todd E. Naugle, Asst. Dist. Atty., Bonnie Kaye Smith, Asst. Dist. Atty., Erman Joseph Tanjuatco, Asst. Dist. Atty., for Appellee.

James C. Bonner Jr., Michael Mears, Atlanta, Amici Curiae.


FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises out of the pending death penalty prosecution of Floyd Wayne Williams. This Court granted Williams' petition for an interlocutory appeal to determine whether the trial court erred by removing Williams' counsel, Matthew Rubenstein, from the case.

We conclude that this case is controlled by our recent decision in Grant v. State,1 and that the trial court abused its discretion by removing...

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