Walker v. Hale

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an out-of-state crime qualifies as a predicate offense under Georgia’s recidivist statute if “the same offense, if committed in this State, would constitute a serious violent felony” as defined under the statute
• holding that an out-of-state crime qualifies as a predicate offense under Georgia’s recidivist statute if “the same offense, if committed in this State, would constitute a serious violent felony” as defined under the statute
• affirming application of procedural bar set forth in OCGA § 9-14-48 (d) to deny constitutional claim raised in habeas corpus petition
• “King and its progeny stand for the limited proposition that the felony used to convict a defendant of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon cannot also be used to enhance the defendant’s punishment as a repeat offender under OCGA § 17-10-7 (a)”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).