Legal Opinion
Jefferson v. Zant
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 28, 1993No. S93A0463PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Chief Justice.
Lawrence Joseph Jefferson was convicted in Cobb County of murder and sentenced to death. We affirmed the conviction and death sentence in Jefferson v. State, 256 Ga. 821 (353 SE2d 468) (1987). Jefferson filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in Butts Superior Court. After hearing, the petition was denied. He appeals from that denial. We affirm.
1. Jefferson first complains that the habeas court’s 45-page final order was “ghost-written” by the state. Jefferson contends that because the habeas judge did not personally draft the final order, he was denied a judicial…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Jefferson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Christenson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Jefferson v. UptonSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Davenport v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
- Gibson v. TurpinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
- Woods v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
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