Legal Opinion
Wray v. Hopper
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided May 1, 1974No. Civ. A. No. 2901PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWENS, District Judge:
The petitioner by this petition for writ of habeas corpus attacks the life *654sentence he is presently serving in the Georgia State Prison at Reidsville, Georgia. He received this life sentence on January 21, 1948, in the Baldwin County Superior Court following a plea of guilty to an indictment for murder.
Mrs. Emma Lou Wray, the wife of the petitioner, died on Sunday, January 18, 1948. A coroner’s jury meeting on January 19, 1948, made a finding that she died of stab wounds inflicted by her husband. A warrant was issued on January 20, for the arrest of Scott Wray on a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Ferguson v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Wilbert Herring v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Cleveland Colson v. Lamont Smith, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Stephens v. KempDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1983
- D Wray v. HopperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974