Legal Opinion
Emmett v. Ricketts
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided June 17, 1975No. C 74-831A, C 74-1112APublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MOYE, District Judge.
These habeas corpus petitions arise out of the shocking and widely publicized slayings of two Marietta, Georgia, pathologists, Drs. Warren and Rozina Matthews, which occurred in the early morning hours of May 7, 1971. Despite what has been described as one of the most extensive investigations in the State’s history, numerous aspects of the case remain shrouded in mystery The many tantalizing clues, the important leads that were never pursued, 1 the controversial prosecutions which resulted, all combined with the sensational nature of the crime to make the case, even…
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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