McLAUGHLIN v. PAYNE

No. S14A0220.

761 S.E.2d 289 (2014)

295 Ga. 609

McLAUGHLIN v. PAYNE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Benjamin Henry Pierman , Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, for appellant.

August Francis Siemon, III , Atlanta, for appellee.


HINES, Presiding Justice.

Warden Gregory McLaughlin appeals the grant of a writ of habeas corpus to William C. Payne. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

In 2006, Payne was convicted on two counts of aggravated child molestation, three counts of child molestation, and one count of cruelty to children. At Payne's trial, then District Attorney for the Douglas Judicial Circuit, David McDade, appeared as a witness for the State. He identified himself to the...

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