Legal Opinion
Turpin v. Christenson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 16, 1998No. S97A1435, S97X1438PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Scott Lynn Christenson was convicted of murder and armed robbery in 1990, and sentenced to death. This Court affirmed Christen-son’s convictions in Christenson v. State, 261 Ga. 80 (402 SE2d 41) (1991) (“Christenson F), but remanded to the trial court to determine if the State had a good faith basis for some of its cross-examination questions during the sentencing phase and to conduct a JacksonDenno hearing on the admissibility of a custodial statement introduced in the sentencing phase. The United States Supreme Court denied Christenson’s petition for certiorari.…
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