Q: What happens when a inmate did not get a initial appearance , preliminary hearing or arraignment but the court is ready
for trial in Georgia? What law and constitutional right was violated? He had charges in two counties for the same crime and have been sentenced in one of those counties. The lawyer was retained for both counties but did not do anything for the one that is ready for trial now, so he was fired. I do not know what to do to help my son now. The county he has been sentenced in has began the appeal process and no decision have been made yet.
A:
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