Arzaga v. Villalba

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• defendant convicted of Medicaid fraud - criminal prosecution not collaterally estopped by administrative ruling that he had not acted willfully
• “The doctrine of collateral estoppel precludes the readjudication of an issue of law or fact already adjudicated between the parties or their privies, where that issue is essential to the judgment.”
• “this Court has jurisdiction over appellant’s claim that the trial court erred in rejecting his constitutional challenge to OCGA § 49-4-146.1 (b) (2) [the Medicaid fraud statute] as applied . . .”
• “this Court has jurisdiction over appellant’s claim that the trial court erred in rejecting his constitutional challenge to OCGA § 49-4-146.1 (b) (2) [the Medicaid fraud statute] as applied . . .”

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