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STEPHENS v. STATE

No. S98P1142.

509 S.E.2d 605 (1998)

270 Ga. 354

STEPHENS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, John Rogers Carroll, Philadelphia, PA, for William Kenny Stephens.

Daniel J. Craig, Dist. Atty., Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

Stephen C. Bayliss, Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta, Joseph L. Chambers, Sr., Prosecuting Attorney's Council of GA, Smyrna, for other interested parties.

SEARS, Justice.

William Kenny Stephens was tried for malice murder and three counts of aggravated assault in 1980. He was convicted of all counts and sentenced to death for the murder, and his convictions and sentences were affirmed by this Court.1 In 1988, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated the death sentence because trial counsel failed to adequately investigate...

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