Legal Opinion

Atkins v. Hopper

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 6, 1975No. 29499Published

1Opinion of the Court

234 Ga. 330 (1975)

216 S.E.2d 89

ATKINS

v.

HOPPER.

29499.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Submitted December 20, 1974.

Decided May 6, 1975.

James K. Atkins, pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, B. Dean Grindle, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

JORDAN, Justice.

James Atkins appeals to this court from a judgment of the Tattnall County Superior Court denying his petition for habeas corpus relief and remanding him to the custody of the respondent warden.

Appellant was tried before a jury in November of 1970 and convicted for the crime of murder committed during the course of an armed robbery.…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. State Ex Rel. Jackson v. HendersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  4. Nelson v. GeorgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Woods v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975

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