Legal Opinion
Hance v. Kemp
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 20, 1988No. 45750PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Justice.
We granted Hance’s application for a certificate of probable cause to appeal the superior court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For reasons which follow, we affirm.
Hance exercised his right under Faretta v. California, 422 U. S. 806, 834-35 (95 SC 2525, 45 LE2d 562) (1975) 1 to represent himself during his original trial in 1978. Legal counsel was appointed to assist him on a standby basis. His conviction and death sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. Hance v. State, 245 Ga. 856 (268 SE2d 339) (1980).
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by43 opinions
- People v. ColemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1995
- Isaacs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- Ferrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Zant v. MoonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Van Tran v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
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