Case Name: WILLIAMS v. THE STATE
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 2005-03-28
Citations: 279 Ga. 154
Docket Number: S05A0071
Parties: WILLIAMS v. THE STATE.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 279
Pages: 154–154

Head Matter:
S05A0071.
WILLIAMS v. THE STATE.
(611 SE2d 51)
Decided March 28, 2005.
John R. Martin, for appellant.
Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Todd E. Naugle, Bonnie K. Smith, ErmanJ. Tanjuatco, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, for appellee.
James C. Bonner, Jr., Michael Mears, amici curiae.

Opinion:
Fletcher, Chief Justice.
This appeal arises out of the pending death penalty prosecution of Floyd Wayne Williams. This Court granted Williams' petition for an interlocutory appeal to determine whether the trial court erred by removing Williams' counsel, Matthew Rubenstein, from the case.
We conclude that this case is controlled by our recent decision in Grant v. State and that the trial court abused its discretion by removing Rubenstein over Williams' objection. Accordingly, we remand the case with direction that the trial court reinstate Ruben-stein as Williams' counsel.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur.
278 Ga. 817 (607 SE2d 586) (2005).