Not above the law

A district attorney in Georgia is finding out first hand what life on the other side is like.

From the Atlanta Journal-Contitution:

n attorney for Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said that he plans to go to court Friday to appeal a warrant for his client's arrest that was signed Thursday by a Douglas County judge.

Attorney Roy Barnes, the former Georgia governor, said he did not expect Howard to turn himself in to face the aggravated battery and other charges before the petition to dismiss the warrants is filed with the Georgia Court of Appeals.

"I've never heard of anybody arresting a district attorney in my 35 years of practicing law," Barnes said.

The warrants charge Howard with aggravated battery and other crimes following a courtroom struggle with a Fulton deputy a month ago.

Douglas Sheriff Phil Miller said Howard, who was attending a conference in Augusta on Thursday, would be arrested "as soon as possible."

Howard left the conference Thursday afternoon and was at his Atlanta home Friday morning.

Douglas Superior Court Judge David Emerson signed the warrants after an attorney for the injured deputy was unsuccessful in getting warrants issued in Fulton County.

Howard is accused of three felonies and three misdemeanors. The charges include aggravated and simple battery, obstruction of a law enforcement officer and reckless conduct.

We're sure it has nothing to do with the fact the DA is black.