The Lookout Mtn. Judicial Circuit Public Defender, Stephen Miller will be representing Johnny Mack Brown, the Hays Prison inmate who escaped in October of 2008 and kidnapped a Summerville woman.

Miller is the public defender for Chattooga County and has a history of successfuly defending inmates from Hays Prison.  Reports indicate that Miller has asked Brown if he would like to appeal for a change of venue in the case.

The Chattooga County Grand Jury indicted Brown last week for escape and kidnapping.  Brown is currently held at the Georgia Department of Corrections HiMax facility in Jackson, Georgia.  Miller is scheduled to meet with Brown today.