Legal Opinion
State v. Worsley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 1, 2013No. S13A0132PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackwell, Justice.
Appellee Johnnie Worsley was tried by a Muscogee County jury and convicted of the rape and murder of his seventeen-year-old *316stepdaughter, Yameika Bell, and the murder of his wife, Flora Worsley. For each murder, Appellee was sentenced to death. Nearly fourteen years later, the trial court granted a new trial to Appellee with respect to his death sentences, finding that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel in the sentencing phase of his 1998 trial. The State appeals, and we reverse and reinstate the sentences of death.1
1. Our analysis begins with a summary of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by38 opinions
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