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Davis v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 17, 2008No. S07A1758PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Melton, Justice.

Troy Anthony Davis was convicted of murdering Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail1 and of related crimes. He was sentenced to death for the murder, and this Court affirmed. Davis v. State, 263 Ga. 5 (426 SE2d 844) (1993), cert. denied, 510 U. S. 950 (114 SC 396, 126 LE2d 344) (1993). He filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Butts County, and this Court affirmed the denial of that petition. Davis v. Turpin, 273 Ga. 244 (539 SE2d 129) (2000), cert. denied, 534 U. S. 842 (122 SC 100, 151 LE2d 59) (2001). See also Davis v. Thomas, 266 Ga. 835 (471…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Herrera v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Gibbons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  3. Timberlake v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  4. Crowe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  5. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. In Re DavisCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
  2. Chance v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  3. Charleston v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  4. Carlton Michael Gary v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
  5. Gittens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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