Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

State v. Tyson

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 29, 2001No. S00G0606, S00A2019Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partBenham, Chief Justice

I concur in the majority’s reversal of the Court of Appeals’ judgment which reversed the judgment of conviction entered by the trial court. Although I disagree with the majority’s rationale for denying Tyson’s motion to dismiss the appeal which resulted from our grant of a writ of certiorari, I concur in the denial of the motion. However, as I would dismiss as moot Tyson’s appeal from the trial court’s denial of bail requested pursuant to OCGA § 5-7-5, I disagree with the majority’s affirmance of the trial court’s bail decision in Division 2 of the majority opinion.

1. We granted the State’s…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Flewellen v. Atlanta Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  2. State v. MooreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  3. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. YesbikSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  4. Hennly v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  5. King v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923

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