STATE v. FEDERAL DEFENDER PROGRAM, INC.

S22A1099.

882 S.E.2d 257 (2022)

STATE of Georgia et al. v. FEDERAL DEFENDER PROGRAM, INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: December 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Adams Jacobs , Assistant Attorney General, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Sabrina Dawn Graham , Assistant Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jonathan David Loegel , Assistant Attorney General, Brooke Heinz Chaplain , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Logan B. Winkles , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellant.

Ronan Patrick Doherty , Michael Brian Terry , Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, Suite 3900, One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, John H. Fleming , Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, 999 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suie 230, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3996, Ann Grunewald Fort , Eversheds Sutherland LLP, 999 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3996, Michael Adam Caplan , Julia Blackburn Stone , Cameron Blaine Roberts , Caplan Cobb LLP, 75 Fourteenth Street, NE, Suite 2750, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Susan Jill Benton , Monet Brewerton-Palmer , Federal Defender Program, Centennial Tower, Suite 1500, 101 Marietta Street N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.

Patrick Mulvaney , Michael Boland Admirand , Ryan Primerano , Southern Center for Human Rights, 83 Poplar Street, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Amicus Appellee.

Anna Marie Arceneaux , Georgia Resource Center, 104 Marietta St NW, Suite 260, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Other Party.


After an order was issued setting the execution of Virgil Delano Presnell, Jr., the Federal Defender Program, Inc., ("Federal Defender")1 filed a breach of contract action against the State of Georgia and Christopher M. Carr in his official capacity as...

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