Bradford appealed her convictions on several grounds, including that her trial in Dawson County violated the constitutional rule against double jeopardy because she had already been prosecuted and pleaded guilty to similar charges in Gwinnett County.
But in a unanimous decision, written by Justice Harold Melton, the Supreme Court has found that as a result of the facts known by officers when they investigated, "her prosecution in Dawson County was not barred by her former guilty plea conviction in Gwinnett County." However, the Dawson County judge's denial of her attorney's request that the trial be postponed was grounds for reversing the convictions, the ruling said.
Bradford's attorney requested the continuance after the State announced at the beginning of the trial that it would prove Bradford had committed the offense of trafficking sometime during a two-week period rather than on the day stated in the formal indictment, for which she had an alibi. The denial of her request for a continuance, the attorney argued in the appeal, robbed him of the chance to prepare her case and the high court agreed.
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