Legal Opinion
Hardy v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 7, 1988No. 45664PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice.
Kenneth Hardy was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. This court affirmed his conviction in Hardy v. State, 245 Ga. 272 (264 SE2d 209) (1980). At trial the district attorney, who is now deceased, quoted passages from Eberhart v. State, 47 Ga. 598, 610 (1873) and Hawkins v. State, 25 Ga. 207, 211 (1858), to the jury. Seven weeks prior to Hardy’s trial this court had specifically disapproved use of the passage quoted from Eberhart in Hawes v. State, 240 Ga. 327 (11) (240 SE2d 833) (1977). On petition for habeas corpus a federal district court found that the quoting of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. DinitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Hawes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Eberhart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1873
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Burton v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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