DOZIER v. WATSON

S19A0027.

827 S.E.2d 276 (2019)

DOZIER et al. v. WATSON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: April 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Matthew David O'Brien , Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorneys General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334.

Troy R. Millikan , P. O. Box 679, Gainesville, Georgia 30503-0679, for appellee.


The Superior Court of Jenkins County granted Jeffrey Watson's petition for a writ of habeas corpus and set aside his convictions for family violence aggravated battery based on its finding that Watson's plea counsel provided him with ineffective assistance in connection with the entry of his guilty plea. The Warden appeals, arguing...

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