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DAVIS v. THOMAS

No. S91A1218.

410 S.E.2d 110 (1991)

261 Ga. 687

DAVIS v. THOMAS, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey S. Bagley, Boling, Rice & Bettis, Cumming, for Davis.

Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Richard C. Litwin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Susan V. Boleyn, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary H. Hines, Staff Atty., Atlanta, for the State.

CLARKE, Chief Justice.

In 1976 Billy Wayne Davis was convicted of the murder of Charles Mack Sibley and sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed by this court. Davis v. State, 238 Ga. 490, 233 S.E.2d 189 (1977). Subsequently, Davis filed a petition for habeas corpus in which he alleged that certain instructions to the jury during his trial unconstitutionally shifted the burden...

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