State v. Delaby

Adams, Judge.

The State of Georgia appeals from the trial court’s partial grant of Ronald Charles Delaby’s special demurrer to an indictment charging him with two counts of influencing a witness pursuant to OCGA § 16-10-93.

This case arises out of the separate criminal prosecution of David Daniel for child molestation. Delaby was employed as a private investigator to assist in Daniel’s defense, and in March 2006, he conducted a recorded interview with the victim, D. K. Daniel’s defense team provided the prosecution a tape and transcript of that interview through discovery procedures, and Delaby…