WALKER v. PENN

No. S99A0930.

523 S.E.2d 325 (1999)

271 Ga. 609

WALKER v. PENN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, H. Maddox Kilgore, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Johnny B. Mostiler, Griffin, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

Aaron Keith Penn was granted a writ of habeas corpus for the stated purpose of avoiding a miscarriage of justice. The Warden appeals, and we reverse.

Penn was convicted of malice murder in the 1988 shooting death of Michael Atkins, after a jury rejected his defense of justification. A motion for new trial was filed and amended to request a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. That evidence consisted of the affidavit of Horace Ragland...

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