Legal Opinion
Humphrey v. Riley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 10, 2012No. S12A0910, S12X0945PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Chief Justice.
A jury convicted William David Riley of murdering his three children and of first degree arson, and the jury imposed death *535sentences for the murders. This Court unanimously affirmed Riley’s convictions and sentences in 2004. See Riley v. State, 278 Ga. 677 (604 SE2d 488) (2004). Riley filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on September 8,2005, and he amended his petition on July 31,2007. The habeas court held an evidentiary hearing on March 24-27, 2008. The habeas court granted Riley’s petition in an order filed on January 20, 2012, vacating both Riley’s…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Brooks v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Smith v. FrancisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
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