TURPIN v. BENNETT

Nos. S99A1703, S99X1747.

525 S.E.2d 354 (2000)

272 Ga. 57

TURPIN v. BENNETT. Bennett v. Turpin.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied February 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for Tony Turpin.

King & Spalding, Douglas W. Gilfillan, Stephen S. Cowen, Atlanta, for Jack A. Bennett.


THOMPSON, Justice.

Jack A. Bennett was convicted of malice murder and sentenced to death. This Court affirmed his conviction and death sentence,1 and the Supreme Court of the United States denied his petition for a writ of certiorari.2 Bennett filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus with the Superior Court of Butts County, and that court granted his petition on August 4, 1998. The habeas court based its...

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