Legal Opinion
Dudley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 16, 2001No. S00G0895PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
OCGA § 17-7-52 1 affords certain rights, including the right to be prosecuted only upon a grand jury indictment, to peace officers charged with committing a crime alleged to have occurred while in the performance of the peace officer’s duties. We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Dudley v. State, 242 Ga. App. 53 (527 SE2d 912) (2000), to consider whether, for purposes of entitlement to the benefits of OCGA § 17-7-52, the status of peace officer is determined at the time that the State files an accusation or seeks an indictment, rather than at the time that the…
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- State v. DeasonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
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