Former Piedmont Judicial Circuit District Attorney Tim Madison wants to withdraw his guilty plea from 2008. Madison plead guilty in March 2008 to seven counts of theft while serving as district attorney and was sentenced to 11 years — six to be served in custody and the rest on probation. Madison served as DA for Barrow, Jackson and Banks counties and was sentenced in Banks County for the theft. The scheme involved having an assistant district attorney double-paid by two counties and then Madison received a kickback from those extra funds. But in a March court filing in Banks County, Madison claimed that he only pled guilty because he was told by his attorney, Ed Tolley, that he would serve his time in federal custody, not state custody. Madison now claims that Tolley “acted deficiently” and that he would not have pled guilty had he known his time would be served in state custody.
Madison wants guilty plea tossed
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09/06/12 at 09:48 AM
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If Tim even gets the right to withdraw his guilty plea, then there should be many more to follow because he has caused a lot of others to make guilty pleas with NO evidence. I am one of those and this man told me to my face that he knew I was innocent but unless I worked with him I would be convicted. He is a dirty, nasty individual that deserves to do his time just like everyone else. I did my time in the state and he deserves to do just the same. He doesn't deserve the extra luxuries of being in a federal prison. Karma is something else......coward.
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09/28/12 at 01:39 PM
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if he is successful and the court agrees to withdraw the guilty plea will he be retried on the original charges, including the federal charges that were declined based on his original guilty plea???? Will the county then have to pay to try both him and his wife again? Bet your bottom dollar Mr. Tolley will be representing him again, and I bet it's all being done covertly so he can try to get reinstated by the Georgia Bar so he can practice law again, whether here or in another state, since he can't leave Georgia until his probation expires. I hope you do a further investigation/follow up on this Mr. Buffington.