DA Fani Willis immediately appeals disqualification from Trump RICO case to Georgia Supreme Court

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Source: Law & Crime

Dec 19th, 2024, 10:27 am
Updated Dec 19th, 2024, 1:04 pm


The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday morning ruled that the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office and DA Fani Willis must be removed from the state’s felony prosecution of Donald Trump in a bombshell order that could mark the end of the final criminal case against the president-elect. Willis wasted no time in immediately notifying the appellate court that her office intended to petition the state Supreme Court to review the disqualification.

“You are hereby notified that it is the intention of the State of Georgia, appellee, to petition the Supreme Court of Georgia for a writ of certiorari to review Division 2 of this Honorable Court’s December 19, 2024 decision in Appellants’ favor in the above-styled cases regarding disqualification,” her office wrote only hours after the ruling was issued.

Trump and his 18 co-defendants had been angling to have Willis and her office removed from the case since January — initially over allegations that her romantic relationship with now-former special prosecutor Nathan Wade created a conflict of interest due to pecuniary motives.

A three-judge panel on the appeals court agreed in a 2-1 ruling, holding that the trial court erred in allowing Willis and her office to remain on the case after concluding that her relationship with Wade resulted in the “significant appearance of impropriety.”

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Full headline: ‘You are hereby notified’: DA Fani Willis immediately appeals disqualification from Trump RICO case to Georgia Supreme Court

[bluestarone]

1. Best news i've heard all day!

Good luck Fani!!!

[MichMan]

2. Assuming they take the case, wonder if Wade would be called to testify? n/t

[imyourfriend]

13. I believe that you have

answered your own question.

That poster has a noticeable resentment of dark skinned people.

[SunSeeker]

8. Why the fuck would the Supreme Court take testimony on an APPEAL??!!

Are you obsessed with Wade like Republicans are, or what?

[Ms. Toad]

14. Appeals are based on the record, not on new evidence.

That is one of the reasons that the public defender system means it is much more likely that criminal appeals will fail than succeed.

The public defender system generally compensates defense attorneys at a much lower rate than prosecuting attorneys. So an indigent defendant is often stuck with a less competent, higher caseload, less money to gather evidence attorney. When the evidence is gathered for trial, or the defense attorney doesn't put on a good defense (including, in some cases on the record sleeping through parts of the trial), there is no way to remedy it on appeal - because appeals are based on the record (everything presented or preserved at trial). If it isn't in the record, with extremely limited exceptions, it can't be introduced on appeal.

[Escurumbele]

4. Transparent corruption is the law of the land now. The Georgia Court of Appeals just told the world that

it is a corrupt entity working for the criminal, and does not respect the rule of law. They want to find a prosecutor who can dismiss the case.

The banana taped to a wall that sold for a ton of money? Maybe the comedian who taped the banana was just making a piece of art that depicts what the USA has become now, a banana republic.

[RobertDevereaux]

5. Glenn K lays out the likely appeal path...

[electric_blue68]

6. Hang in there, Fani!

[FoxNewsSucks]

12. Agreed.

[SunSeeker]

9. +2

[AllaN01Bear]

10. good for her.

[cadoman]

11. appeals cut both ways

I don't think a strong woman like Fani will fold to tRump or corrupt white judges in Georgia. She'll take this as high as she needs to and make sure the world knows what he did.

[Callie1979]

15. While I hope she wins, this all has become a JOKE.

The case will never make it to court even if she DOES win her appeal.
Even if the Wee debacle hadn't delayed it TRUMP wouldve delayed it till the election.
Now he'll NEVER go to court or jail
I hate it but tats always been the case.
The best victory now is for him to see his businesses fail. Thats a punishment worse than jail to him