MARTIN v. STATE

S20A0273.

841 S.E.2d 667 (2020)

MARTIN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: April 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Wayne Tarleton , Georgia Public Defender Council, 104 Marietta Street NW, Suite 600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant.

Jonathan Lang Adams , District Attorney, Elizabeth Knight Presley , A.D.A., Cynthia Trimboli Adams , A.D.A., Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office, 326 Thomaston Street, Barnesville, Georgia 302C4, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Ashleigh Dene Headrick , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellee.


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