Butler v. State

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718 S.E.2d 869 (2011)

312 Ga. App. 513

BUTLER v. The STATE.

No. A10A1825.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

November 14, 2011.

Sparticus D. Heyward, Marietta, for appellant.

Patrick H. Head, Dist. Atty., Bert T. Reeves, Jr., Dana J. Norman, Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, John Richard Edwards, Amelia Greeson Pray, Marietta, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

DOYLE, Judge.

In State v. Butler,[1] an unpublished order, the Supreme Court vacated this Court's opinion in Butler v. State.[2]

Accordingly, pursuant to the Supreme Court's order, our opinion in this case is vacated, the judgment of the Supreme Court is made the judgment of this court, and this case is remanded to the trial court for entry of a proper order pursuant to Barker v. Wingo[3] and Higgenbottom v. State.[4]

Judgment vacated and case remanded.

ELLINGTON, C.J., and ANDREWS, J., concur.

NOTES

[1] Case No. S11C1209, order Nov. 7, 2011.

[2] 309 Ga.App. 86, 709 S.E.2d 293 (2011).

[3] 407 U.S. 514, 92 S. Ct. 2182, 33 L. Ed. 2d 101 (1972).

[4] 288 Ga. 429, 704 S.E.2d 786 (2011).

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