Legal Opinion
McCorquodale v. Stynchcombe
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 12, 1977No. 32057PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
McCorquodale appeals from the denial of his habeas corpus petition and motion for stay of execution in Fulton Superior Court on November 15,1976. This court granted review on January 15, 1977.
This is the second appearance of this case in this court. Appellant attacked, on direct appeal, his conviction for murder and sentence of death. This court affirmed the conviction and sentence in McCorquodale v. State, 233 Ga. 369 (211 SE2d 577) (1974). The U. S. Supreme Court denied certiorari on July 6, 1976. McCorquodale v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 910 (49 LE2d 1218) (1976).
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2Cases cited27 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by22 opinions
- James Lee Spencer v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Smith v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Samuel Gibson, III v. George L. Jackson, Individually and as Superior Court Judge of Jones County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- McCorquodale v. BalkcomCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Timothy Wesley McCorquodale v. Charles Balkcom, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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