Opinion
No. A13A2100.
2015-08-10
PARKER v. The STATE.
Gregory Allen Willis, for Appellant. Dennis C. Sanders, Thomson, William Patrick Doupe', for Appellee.
Gregory Allen Willis, for Appellant. Dennis C. Sanders, Thomson, William Patrick Doupe', for Appellee.
BARNES, Presiding Judge.
In Parker v. State, 296 Ga. 586, 769 S.E.2d 329 (2015), the Supreme Court of Georgia reversed Division 1 of the judgment of this Court in Parker v. State, 326 Ga.App. 217, 756 S.E.2d 300 (2014). We vacate our earlier opinion and adopt the opinion of the Supreme Court as our own. Accordingly, we vacate Parker's convictions and the order denying his motion for material witness certificates, reverse the trial court's exclusion of Parker's proffered documents, and remand the case “to the trial court with direction to issue a new order on Parker's motion after considering his proffers, along with any other unprivileged evidence submitted by Parker and the State on remand.” Parker, 296 Ga. at 596(4), 769 S.E.2d 329.
This Court's rulings on which the Supreme Court did not grant certiorari remain the law of the case. Parker, 296 Ga. at 597, n. 14, 769 S.E.2d 329.
If the trial court on remand grants Parker's motion for material witness certificates in whole or in part, and Parker then succeeds in obtaining summonses for the witnesses from the Kentucky court, then a new trial will be necessary. If, on the other hand, the trial court denies the motion again, then the court should reenter the judgments of conviction against Parker, who could then take another appeal challenging the second ruling on his motion and any related issues.
Id. at 597(4), 769 S.E.2d 329.
Judgment vacated and case remanded with direction.
MILLER and RAY, JJ., concur.