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ELLIS v. STATE

S16A1246.

794 S.E.2d 601 (2016)

ELLIS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: November 30, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Charles Talbott Lake , Craig A. Gillen , Gillen, Parker & Withers, LLC, One Securities Centre, Suite 1050, 3490 Piedmont Rd, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, Dwight L. Thomas , D. Lowell Thomas, PC, 1745 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30314, Kemay LaReine Jackson , K.L. Jackson Law LLC, 2330 Scenic Highway, Snellville, Georgia 30078, for Appellant.

Robert D. James, Jr. , District Attorney, Gerald Mason , A.D.A., Christopher Wells Timmons , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Lenny I. Krick , A.D.A., Dekalb County District Attorney's Office, 556 North McDonough Street, Suite 700, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee.

This case arises out of the criminal convictions of former DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer W. Burrell Ellis, Jr., for perjury and attempt to commit theft by extortion.1 The charge for attempted extortion stemmed from Ellis' alleged efforts to procure a $2,500 political campaign contribution from...

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