Legal Opinion
Amadeo v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 5, 1989No. 46844PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Justice.
The issue here is whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to appoint the two lawyers who had previously represented the defendant and by appointing new local counsel for the retrial of defendant’s capital case. We hold in the affirmative and reverse.
Tony B. Amadeo was convicted of murder and given the death sentence in 1977. We affirmed in Amadeo v. State, 243 Ga. 627 (255 SE2d 718) (1979), but the United States Supreme Court reversed on Amadeo’s petition for habeas corpus in Amadeo v. Zant, _ U. S. _ (108 SC 1771, 100 LE2d 249) (1988). Upon remand for retrial…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Harris v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
- Amadeo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Kesler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Lipham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Hulett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
- Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
- Meders v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
- Jefferson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Phan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
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