BALLINGER v. WATKINS

S22A1187.

882 S.E.2d 312 (2022)

BALLINGER, Warden v. WATKINS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: December 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, for Appellant.

Benjamin David Goldberg , The Law Office of Ben Goldberg, LLC, P.O. Box 427, Mableton, Georgia 30126, Christina Rupp Cribbs , Megan Rena Hurley , Georgia Innocence Project, 50 Hurt Plaza SE, Suite 350, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.


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