Legal Opinion
Stephens v. Kemp
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided November 21, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-407-2-MACPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWENS, Chief Judge:
Petitioner Alpha Otis O’Daniel Stephens, on January 21, 1975, was convicted of murder in the Superior Court of Bleckley County for the execution-style slaying of Roy Asbell and was sentenced to death. Both his conviction and his sentence were affirmed on direct appeal in Stephens v. State, 237 Ga. 259, 227 S.E.2d 261, cert. denied, 429 U.S. 986, 97 S.Ct. 508, 50 L.Ed.2d 599 (1976).
Following the denial of relief on direct appeal, petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Tattnall County. That court afforded petitioner an evidentiary…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Stephens v. KempDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1984
- Stephens v. KempDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1984
- Stephens v. Kemp, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Stephens v. Kemp, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Stephens v. Kemp, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1984