Legal Opinion
Upton v. Parks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 7, 2008No. S08A0326PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.
Warden Steve Upton appeals an order of the Superior Court of Chattooga County granting Deunte Quintellas Parks’ petition for the writ of habeas corpus. Finding that the habeas court erred on all three of its grounds for granting the writ, we reverse.
Parks was convicted in 1999 of two counts of malice murder and related crimes in connection with a July 1996 shooting. Through his trial counsel, Parks filed a motion for new trial, which was denied, and then appealed to this Court, which affirmed his convictions and sentences. Parks v. State, 275 Ga. 320 (565 SE2d 447)…
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