Barlow v. State

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Byron Barlow appeals from the trial court’s order denying his plea in bar on double jeopardy grounds. Barlow’s attorneys, Bruce Harvey and W. Sander Callahan, appeal from the trial court’s order holding them in criminal contempt of court when they both refused to comply with the court’s order to try Barlow’s case. We consolidate these cases for purposes of this appeal and, for the reasons below, affirm.

On August 4, 1995, Byron Barlow was indicted in Fulton County on the charge of rape. Two months later, Bruce Harvey, Pete Whit-lock, and David West made an entry of…