Legal Opinion
Garland v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 25, 2008No. S07G0940PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.
Mack Garland and his brother, Larry Garland, were tried together on charges of armed robbery and other crimes. Both men were found to be indigent and were appointed counsel to represent them. They were convicted and both requested the appointment of new counsel in order to raise a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel on motion for new trial. The trial court denied the request on the basis of its understanding that it was the policy of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council (“Council”) not to authorize the appointment of new counsel for purposes…
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