Legal Opinion
Hall v. Lee
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 2, 2009No. S09A1344, S09X1345PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
James Ally son Lee was convicted in 1997 of malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and he was sentenced to death for the murder. This Court unanimously affirmed Lee’s convictions and death sentence. Lee v. State, 270 Ga. 798 (514 SE2d 1) (1999). In 2000, Lee filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, and he filed his amended petition on April 18, 2001. An evidentiary hearing was held on August 17, 2001, and, in its final order of March 16, 2009, the habeas court vacated Lee’s death sentence based upon its…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- David Ronald Chandler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- Eurus Kelly Waters v. Albert G. Thomas, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Hambrick v. BrannenSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
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