Legal Opinion
Mason v. Balkcom
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided April 7, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-127-MACPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
OWENS, District Judge.
The petitioner Guy Mason was convicted of murder and sentenced to death following a jury trial in the Superior Court for Baldwin County; on appeal his conviction and sentence was affirmed by the Georgia Su preme Court. Mason v. State, 236 Ga. 46, 222 S.E.2d 339 (1976). Petitioner next filed for a writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court for Tattnall County. That habeas action was stayed while the petitioner pursued an extraordinary motion for a new trial in the Baldwin Superior Court; after an evidentiary hearing the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Ronald Clark O'Bryan v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- M. W. Holloway v. Clay E. McElroy WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Guy Mason v. Charles R. Balkcom, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Barfield v. HarrisDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1982
- James H. Gaddy v. Leland Q. Linahan, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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