The State v. Mantooth

McMlLLIAN, Judge.

In this interlocutory appeal, we are asked to consider whether a criminal defendant has standing to object to a prosecuting attorney’s decision to recuse himself after the prosecutor has determined that he has an actual or potential conflict of interest in the case. For the reasons set forth below, we answer in the negative and reverse the trial court’s order vacating the recusal.

We review this issue of law de novo. See Tisdale v. City of Cumming, 326 Ga. App. 19, 20 (755 SE2d 833) (2014). Following her arrest in February 2013, Donna Mantooth was charged with DUI per se (OCGA…