Uzomba v. Cobb County Magistrate Court

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

Appellant Kennedy Uzomba submitted a warrant application alleging that Henry Brock-Bey punched him in the neck. Magistrate Judge Herschel Hamlen heard testimony at the application hearing from the reporting officer and an eyewitness but refused to issue a warrant, citing serious questions concerning the veracity of the accuser. Appellant thereafter filed a petition for mandamus in Cobb County Superior Court alleging that the magistrate judge abused his discretion in refusing to issue the warrant. After a hearing, the superior court dismissed the petition for writ…