HOOKS v. WALLEY

S16A0660.

791 S.E.2d 88 (2016)

HOOKS, v. WALLEY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: September 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia, Daniel Melvin King, Jr. , King Law Group, P.O. Box 4329, Dublin, Georgia 3104030334, for Appellant.

Brenda Joy Bernstein , The Bernstein Firm, PC, 1180 West Peachtree Street, N.EW, Suite 2400, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellee.


Warden Brad Hooks appeals from the grant of Ray K. Walley's application for a writ of habeas corpus after the habeas court's ruling that Walley's appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to pursue a claim of ineffective assistance by trial counsel. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the grant of...

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