Legal Opinion
Bethel v. Fleming
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 12, 2011No. A10A2104PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Presiding Judge.
This case involves a declaratory judgment action brought by Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, the former District Attorney of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit (the “District Attorney”), 1 against Winston E Bethel, Chief Judge, and the other judges of the Magistrate Court of DeKalb County (“MCDC”). 2 The District Attorney asserts that declaratory judgment relief is needed to enable her to ascertain the proper evidentiary standards in preliminary hearings in the MCDC, alleging that she faced uncertainty and insecurity as to her ability to rely on hearsay evidence alone as a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Baker v. City of MariettaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Calvary Independent Baptist Church v. City of RomeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- Morgan v. Guaranty National CompaniesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Scott v. ScottSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Leitch v. FlemingSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
- Building Block Enterprises, LLC v. State Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
- Bethel v. FlemingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
- Winston Bethel v. Gwendolyn FlemingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013