Legal Opinion
Turpin v. Todd
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 14, 1999No. S99A0431, S99X0449PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Chief Justice.
William Lamar Todd was convicted of malice murder and armed robbery in connection with the death of Randy Churchwell and was *387sentenced to death. His convictions were affirmed by this Court in Todd v. State, 261 Ga. 766 (410 SE2d 725) (1991), and the U. S. Supreme Court denied Todd’s petition for a writ of certiorari. Todd v. Georgia, 506 U. S. 838 (113 SC 117, 121 LE2d 73) (1992). Thereafter, Todd filed a petition for habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Butts County, which court vacated Todd’s death sentence after finding that the sentencing phase of Todd’s trial had…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Whitlock v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- Bright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Todd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Turpin v. ToddSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
- Slakman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Ford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
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