Legal Opinion
Waldrip v. Head
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 12, 2005No. S05A1402PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
Tommy Lee Waldrip was convicted in 1994 of murdering Keith Lloyd Evans and related crimes. Waldrip was sentenced to death for the murder, and this Court unanimously affirmed. Waldrip v. State, 267 Ga. 739 (482 SE2d 299) (1997). Waldrip filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on March 17, 1998; an evidentiary hearing was held on April 29, 2002; and his petition was denied in an order filed on June 10, 2004. This Court granted Waldrip’s application for certificate of probable cause to appeal on May 9, 2005, and directed the parties to address whether the habeas court erred in…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Smith v. FrancisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Head v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- Burgeson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Schofield v. HolseySupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
- State v. PorterSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
- Chatman v. MancillSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
- Propst v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
- Whatley v. TerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
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