Legal Opinion
Melton v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 2, 1995No. A94A2448PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
Walter Keith Melton was convicted of kidnapping with bodily injury and sentenced in Cobb Superior Court to life imprisonment as a recidivist pursuant to OCGA § 17-10-7 on September 21, 1987. The conviction was affirmed by this court in Melton v. State, 204 Ga. App. 103 (418 SE2d 428) (1992). The recidivist sentence was based on 1979 convictions of rape and sodomy, a 1976 prosecution for theft by taking for which he was given first offender treatment and a 1979 misdemeanor conviction of receiving stolen property. On July 30, 1993, upon consideration of Melton’s habeas corpus…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Crumbley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Croker v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
- Priest v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Gunter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
- Queen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ginn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
- Swan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
- Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- Melton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Melton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
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