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HIGHTOWER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

42476.

255 Ga. 349 (1986)

338 S.E.2d 426

HIGHTOWER et al. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones & Worozbyt, Lewis N. Jones, for appellants.

Greene, Buckley, DeRieux & Jones, Daniel A. Angelo, Edward D. Buckley III, for appellees.

HILL, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to determine whether a guilty plea as to which the accused has been granted first offender treatment may be used to impeach him when he testifies in a civil case which he instituted.1 The Court of Appeals, by a divided vote, concluded it could be so used and affirmed the trial court's ruling admitting such evidence. Hightower v. General Motors Corp...

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