Legal Opinion
Head v. Ferrell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 22, 2001No. S01A0840, S01X0842PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
In 1988, Eric Lynn Ferrell was found guilty of murdering his 72-year-old grandmother and his 15-year-old cousin and was sentenced to death for each of those murders. He was also found guilty of armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. This Court unanimously affirmed his convictions and sentences in 1991. Ferrell v. State, 261 Ga. 115 (401 SE2d 741) (1991). Ferrell filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on July 19, 1995, and an evidentiary hearing was held on July 13, 1999. The habeas court vacated Ferrell’s convictions and sentences in an order filed…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by52 opinions
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