Legal Opinion

State v. Rowe

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 18, 2020No. S20A0504PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

308 Ga. 806

FINAL COPY S20A0504. STATE v. ROWE. BOGGS, Justice. This case is an appeal by the Department of Corrections (DOC) in the pending death penalty prosecution against Donnie Rowe, Jr., who is accused of double murder during a prison escape. Specifically, the case concerns an order, as modified, by the trial court directing that all records of visits from Rowe’s defense team to various prisoners be placed under seal in the legal department of the DOC rather than being maintained in the individual inmates’ files. The DOC argues that the order is void because the trial court lacked the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  2. Nash v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  3. Willis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. State v. CashSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  5. State v. MurraySupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

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3Cited by7 opinions

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