Legal Opinion
Lemley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 5, 1988No. 45923PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Presiding Justice.
Lemley appeals from his second conviction for the murder of a deputy sheriff who came to his home with a warrant for his arrest. His first conviction was affirmed on appeal, Lemley v. State, 245 Ga. 350 (264 SE2d 881) (1980). However, a writ of habeas corpus was granted because of the habeas judge’s finding that the sheriff had packed the courtroom with law enforcement officials. The district attorney’s attempt to intervene in this habeas action was denied in Wiggins v. Lemley, 256 Ga. 152 (345 SE2d 584) (1986). The court held that only the attorney general may…
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