State v. Redd

Eldridge, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Superior Court of Clinch County’s denial of a motion made by the District Attorney of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit (“DA”) to disqualify private attorney Charles Reddick from the practice of criminal law in the Alapaha Judicial Circuit because, inter alia, Reddick is a part-time district attorney pro tempore (“DA pro tern”) of that circuit. We granted the DA’s interlocutory appeal to address the issue of whether an attorney appointed by a presiding judge as a DA pro tern assigned pursuant to OCGA § 15-18-27 (a) to prosecute criminal acts allegedly…