Bowden v. Zant

Hall, Justice.

This is Jerome Bowden’s habeas corpus appeal. He is under a sentence of death for murder. The Butts County Superior Court conducted a hearing on his petition and issued a comprehensive order which follows hereafter as an appendix to this opinion. The numbered divisions of that order correspond to the enumerations of error on this appeal, and this opinion will only supplement or supercede portions of that order where needed.

1,2. Bowden’s enumerations of error 1 and 2 alleging ineffectiveness of trial counsel are without merit for the reasons stated in Division 1 of the order, and…