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Sears v. Upton

By Steve Hall

In its final batch or orders, released yesterday, the Supreme Court instructeded Georgia to examine the above styled case for ineffective assistance of council.  Sears v. Upton begins on page 5 of the Adobe .pdf document.Today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, "Supreme Court says Cobb death case needs another look."  It's written by Bill Rankin.The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Georgia courts to take another look at a Cobb County death-penalty case and consider claims that defense lawyers mishandled the case.The ruling, over the objections of four justices, stated that attorneys for Demarcus Ali Sears tried to get jurors to spare Sears by noting he came from a stable and loving family. A death sentence would have devastated his family, the lawyers said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 30, 2010 (boomark / email).