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Arguments heard
Georgia Supreme Court hears Holsey case

Hannah Marney
The Union-Recorder

ATLANTA —

Old wounds reopened Monday as the Georgia Supreme Court heard oral arguments on reinstating Robert Wayne Holsey’s death sentence.

Holsey’s appellant attorney argued that the justices should uphold a superior court judge’s ruling earlier this year throwing out Holsey’s death sentence. And the Georgia Attorney General’s Office asked the justices to disregard the judge’s earlier ruling and reinstate Holsey’s death sentence.

Holsey shot and killed Baldwin County Sheriff Deputy Will Robinson in 1995 after robbing a convenience store. A jury convicted Holsey in 1997 and sentenced him to death for the deputy’s slaying.

The supreme court chambers were packed Monday with Baldwin County residents.

For full story, please see the Oct. 17, 2006 edition of The Union-Recorder

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