Although we do not issue a finding of contempt, we note that the district attorney's failure to adhere to this rule in the future may subject him to a finding of contempt." Bostic v. State , 341 Ga. App. 402, 402 n.1, 801 S.E.2d 89 (2017). Embodied within the constitutional right to the courts is a criminal defendant's right to be present and see and hear all the proceedings which are had against him on the trial before the Court.
Although we do not issue a finding of contempt in this case, we note that the district attorney's failure to adhere to this rule in the future may subject him or her to a finding of contempt. See Bostic v. State , 341 Ga. App. 402, n. 1, 801 S.E.2d 89 (2017). In reviewing a motion to suppress where, as here, the trial court has made express findings of disputed facts, "an appellate court generally must accept those findings unless they are clearly erroneous" and it "must construe the evidentiary record in the light most favorable to the factual findings and judgment of the trial court."
By failing to question his trial counsel with any specificity, and by failing to support his argument to this Court with legal citations, Lopez has not made the requisite showings to establish that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. See Bostic v. State , 341 Ga. App. 402, 405 (1), 801 S.E.2d 89 (2017). Security Threat Assessment