Legal Opinion
State v. Evans
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 23, 2009No. S08G0504PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
This Court granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Evans v. State, 288 Ga. App. 304 (653 SE2d 503) (2007), to determine whether the Court of Appeals correctly reversed the trial court’s decision to allow Gregory Evans to represent himself at trial. Finding that the Court of Appeals erred, we reverse.
Evans, with his wife, was found in an unoccupied residence. He told the investigating police officers that his name was “Curtis Allen” Evans; items from the house were found in his car, and he was indicted for one count of burglary and one count of giving a false name to a law…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Thaxton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
- Wayne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Lamar v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Wilkerson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
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