Tokars v. Superior Court of Cobb County

Hunstein, Justice.

This appeal is before us to determine whether the case assignment system in place in Cobb County, which resulted in appellant’s assignment to a trial judge different than the trial judge assigned to his co-defendants, is in violation of Rule 3.2 of the Uniform Superior Court Rules. 1

Decided May 9, 1994. McKenney & Froelich, Jerome J. Froelich, Alex G. Smith, for appellant.

The salient facts are not in dispute. On February 24, 1993 the Cobb County grand jury indicted Curtis Rower and Eddie Lawrence for, inter alia, the murder of appellant’s wife, Sara Tokars. As a result of…