Legal Opinion
Turpin v. Todd
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 5, 1997No. S97A1354, S97X1396PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sears, Justice.
The appellant, William Lamar Todd, was convicted of murder and armed robbery in 1989, and sentenced to death. This Court affirmed on direct appeal,1 and the U. S. Supreme Court denied Todd’s petition for certiorari.2 In 1995, Todd filed this habeas action, raising numerous contentions, including ineffectiveness of counsel. The habeas court ruled, among other things, that many of the claims had been decided adversely to Todd on appeal, and were not subject to review on habeas, and that many other claims had been procedurally defaulted. The habeas court, however, reversed Todd’s…
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