HUMPHREY v. RILEY

Nos. S12A0910, S12X0945.

731 S.E.2d 740 (2012)

291 Ga. 534

HUMPHREY, Warden v. RILEY, Riley, v. Humphrey, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Lawrence Brown , Alston & Bird, Mary Elizabeth Wells , Law Office of M.E. Wells, Atlanta, for appellant in No. S12X0945.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard Tangum , Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary Beth Westmoreland , Deputy Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon , Dist. Atty., Office of the District Attorney, Covington, for appellee in No. S12X0945.

Richard Tangum , Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary Beth Westmoreland , Deputy Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon , Dist. Atty., Office of the District Attorney, Covington, for appellant in No. S12A0910.

Michael Lawrence Brown , Andrew Jacob Tuck , Alston & Bird LLP, Mary Elizabeth Wells , Law Office of M.E. Wells, Atlanta, for appellee in No. S12A0910.


HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted William David Riley of murdering his three children and of first degree arson, and the jury imposed death sentences for the murders. This Court unanimously affirmed Riley's convictions and sentences in 2004. See Riley v. State, 278 Ga. 677, 604 S.E.2d 488 (2004). Riley filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on September 8, 2005, and he amended...

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