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FULTON COUNTY v. STATE

No. S07A1149.

651 S.E.2d 679 (2007)

FULTON COUNTY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie Jake Lovett, Jr., Overtis Hicks Brantley, Marina Katharine Duncan, Coy Jerrome Johnson, Jr., Atlanta, for Appellant.

Gary Parker, Public Defender Standards Council, Robert B. Remar, Rogers & Hardin LLP, Atlanta, Robert L. McGlasson, McGlasson & Associates, PC, Decatur, Henderson Hill, Jacob H. Sussman, Ferguson Stein Chambers Gresham & Sumter, Charlotte, NC, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Dist. Atty., Bettieanne C. Hart, Asst. Dist. Atty., Christopher Michael Quinn, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thomas Joseph Mew, IV, Rogers & Hardin, Atlanta, for Appellee.

James F. Grubiak, Kemuel Allan Kimbrough, Atlanta, Jeff S. Akins, Bullock County Board of Commissioners, Statesboro, Amicus Appellant.

THOMPSON, Justice.

The State is seeking the death penalty against Brian Nichols in this murder case. He was declared indigent and counsel was appointed to represent him. Due to budgetary constraints of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, the trial court held a hearing to determine who would pay the escalating costs of Brian Nichols' defense. At the conclusion of the hearing, the trial court entered an order requiring Fulton County to pay a portion of Nichols...

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