Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 12, 1973No. 48236, 48237PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*799Hall, Presiding Judge.

On the question whether both appellants were properly represented by the same attorney, Wood urges that the same attorney could not represent them free from conflicts of duty because, first, the two did not tell the same story in their statements to Hightower and Gundlach, and each should have been free to pursue his own defense; and, second, the indictment recited four prior convictions of Davis, for the same type crime charged, which served to prejudice Wood in the eyes of the jury. Davis urges essentially Wood’s first point, with the added assertion that counsel…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Coleman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  4. Aiken v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
  5. Chatterton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Holloway v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
  2. Lemley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  3. Lamb v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  4. Emmett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  5. Leverenz v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

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