Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 21, 1994No. S93A1246PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
This is an interim appeal, granted pursuant to OCGA § 17-10-35.1, in which the state is seeking the death penalty.
Brandon Ashton Jones was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1979. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by this court. Jones v. State, 249 Ga. 605 (293 SE2d 708) (1982). In 1984 this Court affirmed the denial of Jones’ petition for habeas corpus. Jones v. Francis, 252 Ga. 60 (312 SE2d 300) (1984). Subsequently, a federal district court overturned Jones’ death sentence and ordered resentencing. Jones v. Kemp, 706 FSupp. 1534 (N.D. Ga. 1989).…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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3Cited by18 opinions
- McClain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Wellons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
- Arrington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
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