Legal Opinion
Jefferson v. Terry
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided May 10, 2007No. Civil Action 1:96-CV-0989-CCPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
COOPER, District Judge.
Lawrence Jefferson, a Georgia prisoner who was convicted of the felony murder and armed robbery of Edward Taulbee and sentenced to death, petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth herein, the Corrected Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody is hereby granted in part and denied in part.
I. BACKGROUND
On August 8, 1985, Petitioner Lawrence Jefferson (“Petitioner” or “Jefferson”) was indicted in the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, for the offenses of malice murder and…
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3Cited by10 opinions
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