https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=67406 A Georgia statute permits defendants to request recovery of "all reasonable attorney's fees and costs" paid from a prosecutor's office budget when a prosecutor is disqualified for improper conduct, requiring the judge to award fees; this allocation to county governments without a means to contest liability raises due process concerns. The statute's reliance on disqualification for "improper conduct" is ambiguous where removal was for an "appearance of impropriety," and the law provides no defined standard for what constitutes a reasonable hourly rate. en-us Thu, 15 Jan 2026 03:46:03 +0530 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 03:46:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=67406 A Georgia statute permits defendants to request recovery of "all reasonable attorney's fees and costs" paid from a prosecutor's office budget when a prosecutor is disqualified for improper conduct, requiring the judge to award fees; this allocation to county governments without a means to contest liability raises due process concerns. The statute's reliance on disqualification for "improper conduct" is ambiguous where removal was for an "appearance of impropriety," and the law provides no defined standard for what constitutes a reasonable hourly rate. News - Thu, 15 Jan 2026 03:46:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=67406