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BENEFIELD v. STATE EX REL. BAKER

No. S02A1736.

575 S.E.2d 453 (2003)

276 Ga. 100

BENEFIELD v. STATE of Georgia ex rel. BAKER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 13, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah C. Benefield, Jonesboro, pro se.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Atty. Gen., Jeffrey L. Milsteen, Christopher S. Brasher, Asst. Attys. Gen., Christopher G. Nicholson, Augusta, for appellee.

CARLEY, Justice.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether Appellant, Superior Court Judge Deborah C. Benefield, lacked subject matter jurisdiction to rule on the constitutionality of OCGA § 17-10-6, which creates the three-judge Sentence Review Panel (Panel). That jurisdictional issue arises out of the criminal prosecution of Ted Griffin. A jury in Clayton County found him guilty of several offenses, including aggravated assault and false imprisonment. As...

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