Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: George T. Jackson, Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone and George B. Hagood Hagood Law Office, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Brunswick, John B. Johnson III, Chief Assistant District Attorney, W. Glenn Thomas Jr., Jesup, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Allison B. Vrolijk, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Joseph L. Chambers Sr. Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Ga., Smyrna, Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Center, and Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta.
Case Number: S00P1146
The trial court did not violate the defendant's right to be present at trial by holding a hearing outside of his presence on the state's request for an order compelling his co-defendant to te