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Turner v. State

Citations

  • 668 S.E.2d 692
  • 284 Ga. 494
  • 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 3468
  • 2008 Ga. LEXIS 844

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  • holding that Atkins did not relieve a habeas petitioner of his burden of showing adverse collateral consequences because he sought to challenge a misdemeanor offense, not a felony
  • holding that Turner's habeas petition was moot because he had served his probationary sentence before he filed it and had not demonstrated that any adverse collateral consequences flowed from his misdemeanor conviction
  • holding that Turner’s habeas petition was moot because he had served his probationary sentence before he filed it and had not demonstrated that any adverse collateral consequences flowed from his misdemeanor conviction
  • explaining in a misdemeanor case that “the fact that a state sentence has been completely served is not a bar to attacking it through habeas corpus even though the petition is not initially filed until after the sentence is completed”
  • where merger was expressly rejected by defendant in order to effectuate negotiated pleas, defendant waived any claim that resulting multiple sentences were void on double jeopardy grounds

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Judges: Hines

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