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Wiggins v. State

Citations

  • 702 S.E.2d 865
  • 288 Ga. 169
  • 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 3628
  • 2010 Ga. LEXIS 854

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  • holding that claims raised on direct appeal are not barred by denial of a prior habeas petition raising the identical claims where the habeas court ruled that the claims were procedurally defaulted instead of denying the claims on the merits
  • where appellant was contending that his sentence was illegal because it was based on an unconstitutional statute, which was a colorable claim that the sentence imposed was void, a direct appeal from the trial court’s ruling was authorized
  • OCGA § 42-1-12 (a) (9) (B) (xi) not unconstitutionally vague

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Judges: Benham

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