1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 840 S.E.2d
  5. 840 S.E.2d 378 (2020)
 

WATKINS v. BALLINGER

S19A1506.

840 S.E.2d 378 (2020)

WATKINS, v. BALLINGER, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 13, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin David Goldberg , THE LAW OFFICE OF BEN GOLDBERG, LLC, P.O. Box 427, Mableton, Georgia 30126, Clare Melissa Gilbert , Adam David McClay , GEORGIA INNOCENCE PROJECT, 1458 Church Street, Suite F, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellee.

We granted Joseph Samuel Watkins' application for a certificate of probable cause to appeal an order of the Superior Court of Walker County dismissing Watkins' second petition for writ of habeas corpus. The issue presented is whether the habeas court properly dismissed Watkins' petition as both untimely and successive. We conclude...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases