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SMITH v. HOPPER

32635.

240 Ga. 93 (1977)

239 S.E.2d 510

SMITH v. HOPPER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 18, 1977.

Rehearing Denied November 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Glustrom, Sidney L. Moore, Jr., Anthony G. Amsterdam, David E. Kendall, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, G. Stephen Parker, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

John Eldon Smith is under a sentence of death based upon his convictions of two shotgun murders for profit. See Smith v. State, 236 Ga. 12 (222 S.E.2d 308) (1976). He appeals the Tattnall Superior Court's denial of habeas corpus relief and dissolution of a stay of execution ordered after an evidentiary hearing, enumerating as error rulings of the habeas court that found no basis...

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