Legal Opinion
Lewis v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 28, 2011No. A11A0859PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackwell, Judge.
Crawford Lewis, a former superintendent of the DeKalb County School System, was charged with serious crimes involving, among other things, alleged corruption in the award and management of school construction contracts, and he hired Michael Brown, a lawyer with the firm Alston & Bird LLF¡ to defend him against these charges. On the motion of the prosecuting attorneys, the court below disqualified Brown and his firm from continuing to represent Lewis, based on a finding that the firm has a conflict of interest because it also represents the employer of a witness for the State,…
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