TURPIN v. TODD

Nos. S97A1354, S97X1396.

493 S.E.2d 900 (1997)

TURPIN, Warden v. TODD. TODD v. TURPIN, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Paige Reese Whitaker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for Tony Turpin in Nos. S97A1354 and S97X1396.

Stephen Christopher Bayliss, Georgia Resource Center, Atlanta, for William Lamar Todd in Nos. S97A1354 and S97X1396.

Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta, for other interested parties in No. S97A1354.


SEARS, Justice.

The appellant, William Lamar Todd, was convicted of murder and armed robbery in 1989, and sentenced to death. This Court affirmed on direct appeal,1 and the U.S. Supreme Court denied Todd's petition for certiorari.2 In 1995, Todd filed this habeas action, raising numerous contentions, including ineffectiveness of counsel. The habeas court ruled, among...

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