Legal Opinion
Tucker v. Kemp
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 7, 1987No. 43568PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Chief Justice.
We granted the appellant’s application for certificate of probable cause to appeal the superior court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under OCGA § 9-14-51 on the ground that the claim sought to be litigated could reasonably have been raised in a prior habeas corpus proceeding. For reasons which follow, we affirm.
In March of 1978, the appellant was convicted of murder, robbery by intimidation, and kidnapping with bodily injury. The evidence showed that, on the day of the crimes, he had been drinking heavily and smoking marijuana. He went to a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Stephens v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
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3Cited by11 opinions
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