Court Opinion

ID: 9625327
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 07:36:33.261266+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:06:06.343476
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Hill, Justice,
concurring specially.
Notwithstanding my dissent in State v. Middlebrooks, 236 Ga. 52 (222 SE2d 343) (1976), to which I adhere, I concur in the judgment in this case for the reason that the defendant has failed to show how he was harmed in any way by the failure of the state to afford him a commitment hearing. Six pre-trial hearings were held, and the defendant has been unable to show how a commitment hearing would have helped him or how the denial of it harmed him.
I am authorized to state that Justice Ingram joins in this special concurrence.