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Swain v. State

Citations

  • 552 S.E.2d 880
  • 251 Ga. App. 110
  • 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 2391
  • 2001 Ga. App. LEXIS 836
  • 2001 WL 817878

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  • “[F]or application of the doctrine of collateral estoppel ... both proceedings must involve the same parties or their privies_”
  • application of bar of collateral estoppel requires that “the party against whom the doctrine is asserted must have had a full opportunity to litigate the issue in question”
  • “To hold otherwise would frustrate the purpose of the summary suspension hearing.”

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Judges: Phipps, Smith, Barnes

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