Legal Opinion
McLAUGHLIN v. PAYNE
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 11, 2014No. S14A0220PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HlNES, Presiding Justice.
Warden Gregory McLaughlin appeals the grant of a writ of habeas corpus to William C. Payne. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
In 2006, Payne was convicted on two counts of aggravated child molestation, three counts of child molestation, and one count of cruelty to children. At Payne’s trial, then District Attorney for the Douglas Judicial Circuit, David McDade, appeared as a witness for the State. He identified himself to the jury as the district attorney, identified the examining prosecuting attorney as his assistant, and outlined his duties as district…
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