Seagraves v. State

Bell, Justice.

This case comes to this court on certified questions from the Georgia Court of Appeals concerning the relationship between a recent decision of this court, Cherry v. Coast House, 257 Ga. 403 (3) (359 SE2d 904) (1987), and earlier decisions of this court, Cargill v. State, 255 Ga. 616 (3) (340 SE2d 891) (1986), and Nelms v. Georgian Manor Condominium Assn., 253 Ga. 410 (3) (321 SE2d 330) (1984). In Cherry and Cargill this court applied the 1983 Ga. Const., Art. I, Sec. I, Par. XII, to determine whether the appellants had the right to simultaneously be represented by counsel while…