A man who faces a possible death sentence for a Pike County killing has filed suit against officials in Georgia's public defender system, claiming he has been denied representation for months. Jamie Ryan Weis is charged in the Feb. 2, 2006 death of Catherine King in her Pike County home. Weis's two appointed lawyers were removed from the case in November 2007 when the cash-strapped defender system did not have the money to pay them. A hearing in the murder case is scheduled for Monday. Mack Crawford, director of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, and Gerry Word, acting head of the capital defender's office, declined comment on the suit filed Wednesday in Superior Court in Atlanta.
(Associated Press)
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Accused killer sues public defenders
