Legal Opinion
House v. Stynchcombe
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 7, 1977No. 32145PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
Appellant appeals denial of his habeas corpus petition seeking to set aside his conviction and sentences of death for the sexual molestation and strangulation murders of two 7-year-old boys. We granted review on February 8, 1977.
We affirmed on direct appeal in House v. State, 232 Ga. 140 (205 SE2d 217) (1974), cert. den. House v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 910 (1976). Following remittitur, the Fulton Superior Court set December 9, 1976, as the date for execution. On November 18, 1976, appellant filed this habeas petition and motions for stay of execution and to proceed…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Coley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- House v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Eberheart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Collier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Cape v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- James Lee Spencer v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Smith v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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