Cruickshank v. State

Sep 29, 1988
45856
Reporters:
,
Before:
Weltner
Weltner, Justice.

1. The trial court’s refusal to allow Anderson, who is not a ‍‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‍member of the State Bar of Georgia, to sit at the defense table during trial was not a denial of Cruickshank’s constitutional right to ‍‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‍counsel, nor of any other constitutional right. “While an accused has a right to representation by an attorney and to represent himself, there is ‍‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‍no right to be represented by a non-lawyer third party.” Lebrun v. State, 255 Ga. 406 (2) (339 SE2d 227) (1986).

2. Any error in the trial court’s ‍‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‍handling of Cruickshank’s motion to produce radar equipment was not harmful, in light of the trial court’s determination that Cruickshank was not entitled to ‍‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‍the production of the equipment for his defense.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.