Legal Opinion
Goodwin v. Hopper
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 6, 1979No. 34234PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Chief Justice.
Terry Lee Goodwin was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. His conviction was affirmed by this court in Goodwin v. State, 236 Ga. 339 (223 SE2d 703) (1976), cert. den. 431 U. S. 909, and the denial of an extraordinary motion for new trial was affirmed in Goodwin v. State, 240 Ga. 605 (242 SE2d 119) (1978). He appeals the denial of his habeas petition.
_ 1. The first enumeration of error contends that the trial court improperly excluded potential jurors in violation of Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510 (88 SC 1770, 20 LE2d 776) (1968). During voir dire…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Francis v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Pitts v. GlassSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Alderman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- Terry Lee Goodwin v. Charles Balkcom, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- James Lee Spencer v. Walter D. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Amadeo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
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