Legal Opinion
Austin v. Carter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 5, 1982No. 37920, 37921PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Bernatsky Deray Carter. The petitioner was convicted in the Fulton Superior Court in June of 1978 of various counts of rape, robbery, aggravated sodomy, armed robbery, and aggravated assault with intent to rape. He filed this petition in the Tattnall Superior Court in June of 1980, seeking to set aside the sentences he received for these convictions.
On March 30, 1981, the Tattnall Superior Court entered an order granting the petition. On April 9, the state filed a motion to: (1) “reconsider, vacate, and/or set aside” the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Hawes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Pitts v. GlassSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Durham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Van Alstine v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Luallen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Dewberry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Veasley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
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