Opinion

Smith v. Brown

  • 286 Ga. 137
  • 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 3330
  • 686 S.E.2d 760
  • 2009 Ga. LEXIS 630
Court
Supreme Court of Georgia
Filed
Oct 19, 2009
Status
Published
Author
Nahmias
On the bench
Nahmias
Cited by
2 cases
Authority
More cited than 63.1%

The opinion

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Arlanda Smith is the defendant in a pending criminal prosecution. He filed this pre-trial habeas corpus petition raising numerous issues regarding that prosecution, including a claim that the trial court presiding over his prosecution should be recused. The habeas court denied relief on the ground that, because he could assert these issues in his pending criminal case, habeas relief was unavailable to Smith. In these two appeals, Smith contends the habeas court erred. On the contrary, the habeas court properly ruled that Smith could assert all of the claims he raises in his pending prosecution and that “pre-trial habeas corpus relief cannot be predicated” on those claims.

Mungin v. St. Lawrence,

281 Ga. 671, 672 ( 641 SE2d 541 ) (2007);

Perera v. Miller,

283 Ga. 583 ( 662 SE2d 544 ) (2008). Accordingly, we affirm the habeas court’s judgment.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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