Legal Opinion
Whatley v. Terry
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 6, 2008No. S08A1076PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEARS, Chief Justice.
A jury found Frederick R. Whatley guilty of the murder of Ed Allen and related offenses and sentenced him to death. This Court affirmed Whatley’s convictions and sentences in 1998. Whatley filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on August 6, 1999, which he amended on April 30, 2001. An evidentiary hearing was held on July 30, 2002, and, after a new judge was assigned to the case, closing arguments were heard on December 8, 2005. The habeas court denied Whatley’s petition in an order filed on December 4, 2006, and this Court granted Whatley’s application for certificate…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Hulett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
- Whatley v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
- State v. WorsleySupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
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