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Turpin v. Hill

Citations

  • 498 S.E.2d 52
  • 269 Ga. 302

How courts have described this case

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

  • authorizing habeas courts to address belated mental retardation claims under the “miscarriage of justice” exception
  • allowing a habeas petitioner sentenced to death to raise a defaulted claim of mental retardation under the miscarriage of justice exception after this Court held that execution of the mentally retarded constitutes cruel and unusual punishment
  • trial counsel ineffective for failing to present defense of mental retardation where mental examinations showed that defendant mildly mentally retarded
  • federal habeas appeal in which a three-judge panel vacated Hill’s death sentence
  • federal habeas appeal in which a three-judge panel vacated Hill’s death sentence
  • federal habeas appeal in which a three-judge panel vacated Hill’s death sentence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hunstein, Fletcher, Carley, Thompson

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