Legal Opinion
Poythress v. Moses
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 4, 1983No. 39283PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
A person elected to serve as district attorney must have been a member of the State Bar of Georgia for three years immediately preceding his election. Georgia Constitution, Art. VI, Sec. XIII, Par. I (Code Ann. § 2-4201). This appeal raises the issue of the exact day on which the election occurs so as to determine whether a candidate may qualify to serve as district attorney. We are also faced with the question of whether the fact that the candidate lost the election renders the case moot.
We have determined that mootness does not prevent our consideration of this case and that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Storer v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hulgan v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
- Bower v. AverySupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
3Cited by14 opinions
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- Caldwell v. BatemanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
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