Court Opinion

ID: 9616987
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 04:51:13.49048+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:04:04.316260
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Hill, Justice,
concurring specially.
I concur in the judgment for the reason that defense counsel was retained by the defendant (see Leggett v. State, 241 Ga. 237, 239 (244 SE2d 847) (1978). Hill, J., concurring specially) and if the defendant wanted to testify, he could have insisted that his retained attorney let him take the stand. By not doing so, he acceded to his attorney’s advice and waived the right to testify. Cf. Reid v. State, 235 Ga. 378 (219 SE2d 740) (1975), where counsel was appointed.