Legal Opinion

Dowdy v. Palmour

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 16, 1983No. 39560Published

1Opinion of the Court

251 Ga. 135 (1983)

304 S.E.2d 52

DOWDY et al.

v.

PALMOUR.

39560.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 16, 1983.

Douglas W. McDonald, Sr., for appellants.

Andrew Dowdy, pro se.

Bruce L. Udolf, District Attorney, for appellee.

HILL, Chief Justice.

Andrew Dowdy and Douglas W. McDonald, attorneys, were held in contempt of court. Dowdy and McDonald represented a client in a probation revocation hearing before Judge James E. Palmour, III. The probationer was charged with having violated the conditions of his probation by possessing cocaine. When the state called its first witness, Dowdy asked for the rule of…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Taylor v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Codispoti v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Dowdy v. PalmourSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  5. Hall v. HallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965

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