286 Ga. App. 133 - Barlowe v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “The prosecuting officer in the state court is the person whose knowledge matters..., because [Sellers’s] plea in state court is the proceeding that he claims bars his superior court prosecution. Where a criminal defendant first pleads guilty to a misdemeanor in state court and is later prosecuted in superior court for felony charges allegedly arising out of the same conduct, we look to the knowledge of the state court solicitor to determine if the state court proceedings bar the subsequent superior court proceedings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 332 Ga. App. 14 - Sellers v. the State

2. “[w]here the evidence is uncontroverted and no question regarding the credibility of witnesses is presented, [as here,] we review de novo the trial court's application of the law to the undisputed facts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 295 Ga. App. 813 - State v. Stepp