Legal Opinion
State v. Hightower
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 6, 1976No. 30215PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
The matter of commitment hearings and the right to counsel at those hearings are pressing questions before this court. Since we decided State v. Houston, 234 Ga. 721 (218 SE2d 13) (1975), on July 2, 1975, five cases involving these questions have come before us.1
In this case certiorari was granted to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in Hightower v. State, 135 Ga. App. 92 (217 SE2d 325) (1975), in light of State v. Houston, supra. In Hightower, the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s overruling of a motion to quash the indictment and remanded for a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Schneble v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. MiddlebrooksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Arrington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- Crowder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Henderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Mangum v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
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