Legal Opinion
Bowden v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 27, 1982No. 39147PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Chief Justice.
On December 9, 1976, Bowden was convicted in the Superior Court of Muscogee County of murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, and burglary. The death sentence was imposed for the murder.
His convictions and death sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. Bowden v. State, 239 Ga. 821 (238 SE2d 905) (1977). He then filed a petition for habeas corpus relief in Butts County Superior Court which was denied. This court granted his application for probable cause and affirmed the habeas court. Bowden v. Zant, 244 Ga. 260 (260 SE2d 465) (1979). One of his grounds for relief was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bowden v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Dick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Drake v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Bowden v. ZantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Jerome Bowden v. Robert Francis, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
- Lee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
- Fleming v. ZantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
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