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Harris v. State

Citations

  • 543 S.E.2d 716
  • 273 Ga. 608

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that rejection of a presumption of malicious intent arising from use of a deadly weapon is a “new rule of criminal procedure” which will not be applied on habeas corpus
  • holding that rejection of a presumption of malicious intent arising from use of a deadly weapon is a \new rule of criminal procedure\ which will not be applied on habeas corpus
  • clarifying that a new state rule of criminal procedure “w[ould] not be applied to convictions challenged on habeas corpus”
  • reversing a malice murder conviction because a jury charge allowed intent to be inferred from the use of a deadly weapon
  • overwhelming evidence of intent to kill rendered harmless an erroneous charge on intent under Harris
  • following Teague in holding that newly announced rule of criminal procedure will not apply retroactively to convictions challenged on habeas corpus

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Judges: Thompson, Carley, Fletcher, Hunstein, Corley

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