Legal Opinion
Schofield v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 7, 2005No. S05A1182, S05X1319PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
A jury found Palmer guilty of the 1995 murders of his estranged wife and stepdaughter, and he was sentenced to death. This Court affirmed the convictions and sentence. Palmer v. State, 271 Ga. 234 (517 SE2d 502) (1999). The United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. Palmer v. Georgia, 528 U. S. 1051 (120 SC 591, 145 LE2d 491) (1999). Palmer filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on August 4, 2000, and, after the completion of discovery, the habeas court held a five-day evidentiary hearing in October 2003. On March 25, 2005, the habeas court granted relief to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Banks v. DretkeSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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