Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 9, 2013No. S12G1305PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
This appeal is from the grant of a petition for a writ of certiorari. On January 6, 2011, a Cobb County grand jury returned an indictment against appellee Dwight Brown in Judge George Kreeger’s courtroom in the newly constructed Cobb County courthouse. Appellee filed a motion in abatement alleging the indictment was not returned in open court. Upon holding a hearing on the motion, the trial court agreed with appellee and quashed the indictment. The State appealed the trial court’s ruling and the Court of Appeals affirmed. State v. Brown, 315 Ga. App. 282 (726 SE2d 764) (2012).…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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