TOMPKINS v. HALL

No. S12A0489.

728 S.E.2d 621 (2012)

291 Ga. 224

TOMPKINS, Warden v. HALL.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary Beth Westmoreland , Deputy Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for appellant.

Michael Scott Carlson , Deputy Chief A.D.A., John Stuart Melvin , A.D.A., Donald Paul Geary , A.D.A., DeKalb County DA's Office, Deborah D. Wellborn , A.D.A., Robert D. James, Jr. , Dist. Atty., Office of the Dist. Atty., Decatur, for amicus appellant.

George Terry Jackson , Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, Linda S. Sheffield , Atlanta, for appellee.


MELTON, Justice.

Following the grant of a petition for habeas corpus relief brought by Robert Nathaniel Hall, Billy Tompkins, Warden, appeals, contending that the trial court erred in its finding that cause and prejudice had been shown to raise the procedural bar on defaulted claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.

Hall, along with co-defendants Joseph Scurry, Kevin Taylor, Demetra Stallings, and Norval Patten...

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