Legal Opinion
Atkins v. Hopper
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 6, 1975No. 29499PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Justice.
James Atkins appeals to this court from a judgment *331of the Tattnall County Superior Court denying his petition for habeas corpus relief and remanding him to the custody of the respondent warden.
Appellant was tried before a jury in November of 1970 and convicted for the crime of murder committed during the course of an armed robbery. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment, and this court affirmed the conviction and sentence in Atkins v. State, 228 Ga. 578 (187 SE2d 132).
Subsequent to appellant’s murder conviction, he was indicted, tried, and found guilty of the armed…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State Ex Rel. Jackson v. HendersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- Nelson v. GeorgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Woods v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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3Cited by55 opinions
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