WOODS v. STATE

S21A0115.

850 S.E.2d 735 (2020)

John Thomas WOODS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter Joseph Rodgers , Keegan Christian Gary , Paulding County Public Defender's Office, 280 Constitution Blvd Suite 1086, Dallas, Georgia 30132, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Paula Khristian Smith , Christopher M. Carr , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Anthony Brett Williams , Donald R. Donovan , Paulding County District Attorney's Office, 280 Constitution Blvd., Room 2072, Dallas, Georgia 30132, for Appellee.

Mark Aaron Loudon-Brown , Southern Center for Human Rights, 83 Poplar Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, James C. Dugan , Gabrielle Antonello , Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, M. Chris Fabrieant , Innocence Project, 40 Worth Street Suite 704, New York, New York 10013, for Amicus Appellant.


Appellant was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol (less safe), failure to maintain lane, and driving too fast for conditions, and he appeals, seeking to invoke this Court's jurisdiction over constitutional questions on the ground that the trial court rejected his claim that his right to equal protection was violated by application in his case of the lower standard for admitting expert witness testimony in criminal...

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