STATE v. EVANS

No. S08G0504.

673 S.E.2d 243 (2009)

The STATE v. EVANS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David McDade, District Attorney, James A. Dooley, Jeffrey L. Ballew, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Peters, Roberts, Reynolds & Erickson, M. Paul Reynolds, Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellee.


HINES, Justice.

This Court granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Evans v. State, 288 Ga.App. 304, 653 S.E.2d 503 (2007), to determine whether the Court of Appeals correctly reversed the trial court's decision to allow Gregory Evans to represent himself at trial. Finding that the Court of Appeals erred, we reverse.

Evans, with his wife, was found in an unoccupied residence. He told the investigating police...

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