STATE v. JACKSON

S19A0646.

831 S.E.2d 798 (2019)

The STATE v. JACKSON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: August 5, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory W. Edwards , District Attorney, Harold Ronald Moroz , A.D.A., Dougherty County District Attorney's Office, Albany, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Department of Law, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Ingrid Patrice Driskell , Albany, Attorneys for the Appellee.

Robert Wright Smith, Jr. , Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, Morrow, Lee Darragh , District Attorney, Hall County District Attorney's Office, Gainesville, Attorneys for the Amicus Appellant.


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