Legal Opinion
DeKalb County v. Adams
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 1, 2000No. S00A0517PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
In November 1998, Ernest Adams filed a pro se petition for mandamus against DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey seeking, inter alia, to compel the sheriff to improve medical and food service operations in the county jail. The trial judge to whom the case was assigned, Judge Hilton Fuller of the Superior Court of DeKalb County, appointed counsel for Adams. Counsel made an appearance on behalf of DeKalb County and the sheriff at a hearing in December 1998. Subsequently, another attorney was appointed to represent Adams and the trial judge also ordered the appointment of a…
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