Legal Opinion

Williams v. Hall

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 2, 2009No. S09A0973PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARLEY, Presiding Justice.

In 2006, Karl Hall pled guilty to aggravated battery, two counts of burglary and two counts of forgery in the first degree. He was sentenced to serve 15 years in confinement and 15 years on probation. In 2008, Hall filed a habeas corpus petition, claiming that the indictment was faulty, that his plea was not knowing and voluntary, that the amount of restitution and costs was altered after he signed the final disposition, and that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to move to suppress evidence and in leading him to believe that his entire sentence would be…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Walker v. PennSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  2. King v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  3. Murrell v. YoungSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Humphrey v. RileySupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  2. Shepard v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  3. Williams v. HallSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

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