Legal Opinion
Isaacs v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 30, 1989No. 46719PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Justice.
This is a death penalty case. The defendant, Carl J. Isaacs, was originally convicted in Seminole County and sentenced to death in 1974. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal to this court. Isaacs v. State, 237 Ga. 105 (226 SE2d 922) (1976). However, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted habeas relief. Isaacs v. Kemp, 778 F2d 1482 (11th Cir. 1985). Isaacs was retried in Houston County Superior Court and again was convicted and sentenced to death. We affirm.
1. In May of 1973, Carl Isaacs escaped from a Maryland penal institution and, accompanied by…
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