Legal Opinion

In re Brinson

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 3, 2016No. S16A1029PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackwell, Justice.

The trial court removed attorney Veronica Brinson as counsel of record in a murder case, and it prohibited Brinson from making additional filings in the case. When Brinson continued to make filings, the trial court held her in criminal contempt.1 Brinson appeals from the judgment of contempt, and we affirm.2

1. Brinson claims that the trial court erred in several ways when it removed her as counsel of record and ordered her to make no more filings in the murder case. But at the contempt hearing, Brinson waived any such errors, conceding that she would not raise “any question…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. MurraySupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. Britt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  4. Ruiz v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  5. Spencer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Brock v. HardmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  2. Henderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  3. Henderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Brock v. HardmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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