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Friday, September 4th, 2009 :: Popularity: 26% [?]
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On September 1, 2009, the United States District Court granted William’s killer’s request to appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on certain issues. When the Eleventh Circuit issues a scheduling order, we will know the due dates for briefs. Let’s hope the Court will do their homework, study the briefs and decide not to hear the case. He needs to hurry up and die.
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 :: Popularity: 79% [?]
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Pursuant to a scheduling order that was entered on March 6, 2008, Mr. Holsey filed a motion in the United States District Court requesting discovery. In federal court, Mr. Holsey is not automatically entitled to discovery as he was afforded a discovery period during his state appeal. If the Court grants this motion, Mr. Holsey’s attorneys will be afforded a period of time in which to gather evidence in support of his claims of constitutional violations. Our office will be filing a response opposing his request for discovery by May 7th. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call or e-mail me.
Cindy Ormerod
Paralegal
Georgia Attorney General’s Office
(404) 463-2581
(404) 651-6459 (fax)
cormerod@law.ga.gov
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 :: Popularity: 92% [?]
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Holsey to be put to death for murder of sheriff’s deputy
Hannah Marney and Scott Teague
The Union-Recorder
The Georgia State Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty for Robert Wayne Holsey who was convicted of the 1995 murder of a Baldwin County Sheriff’s deputy.
Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney Fred Bright, who prosecuted Holsey in 1999, said he was ecstatic when he heard the news.
“I felt it was justice,” Bright said. “I felt that Holsey deserved the death penalty for the murder of sheriff’s deputy Will Robinson.”
The state was prepared to try the case again if the supreme court upheld Superior Court Judge Neal W. Dickert’s ruling in May that overturned Holsey’s death penalty.
For the complete story, see the Feb. 27 edition.
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 :: Popularity: 99% [?]
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By Tim Sturrock
TELEGRAPH STAFF WRITER
The Georgia Supreme Court reinstated Monday the death penalty against a man convicted in 1997 of killing a Baldwin County sheriff’s deputy.
Robert Wayne Holsey, now 41, is back on death row for the 1995 killing of 26-year-old deputy William Robinson IV.
Sheriff Bill Massee said he is pleased with the decision and that Robinson’s murder had a huge impact on the community.
“It was a very personal case with everyone involved,” Massee said. “Everyone in the community has watched this case closely.”
Robinson was killed in December 1995 while trying to arrest Holsey in connection with an armed robbery. Holsey was found guilty and sentenced to death in 1997.
Last May, Superior Court Judge Neal Dickert of the Augusta Judicial Circuit overturned the death sentence, citing ineffective defense counsel. The judge ruled that Holsey’s defense did not go far enough in detailing his troubled family background or mental health issues before the jury.
In the appeal, evidence was submitted about the defendant’s “limited intelligence, his troubled and abusive home life, his positive contributions at home and elsewhere, and his mother’s and sister’s mental health issues.”
But in a unanimous decision released Monday, the state’s high court ruled that the additional information wouldn’t have made a significant difference in the case.
Frank Robinson, William Robinson’s brother, said he was ecstatic about the reinstatement of the death penalty for Holsey. He said waiting for a resolution in the case has been difficult, but not as difficult as not having his brother around.
“He was an all-American guy, I guess, smart, fun to be around. He was a good friend and a good brother,” Frank Robinson said.
Massee said William Robinson’s death was like the unexpected loss of a family member.
“The loss is not only immediate, but it is a continuing loss,” he said.
Fred Bright, the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit district attorney, said if the Georgia Supreme Court had not reinstated the death penalty, his office would have retried the case.
Holsey can file several other appeals, which could take years to resolve, said Russ Willard, spokesman for the state Attorney General’s Office.
The Associated Press
contributed to this report.
To contact Tim Sturrock, call 744-4347 or e-mail tsturrock@macontel.com.
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Monday, February 26th, 2007 :: Popularity: 92% [?]
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Associated Press
ATLANTA - The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated the death penalty against a man convicted in 1995 of murdering a Baldwin County sheriff’s deputy.
Robert Wayne Holsey, now 41, had been on death row for the 1995 killing of deputy William Robinson IV.
In May, Superior Court Judge Neal Dickert overturned the death sentence, citing ineffective defense counsel. The judge ruled that Holsey’s defense did not go far enough in detailing his troubled family background or mental health issues before the jury.
But in a unanimous decision released Monday, the state’s high court ruled that Holsey’s claims regarding ineffective counsel “must fail given the lack of resulting actual prejudice.”
In his appeal, Holsey submitted evidence about the defendant’s “limited intelligence, his troubled and abusive home life, his positive contributions at home and elsewhere, and his mother’s and sister’s mental health issues.”
Justice P. Harris Hines wrote in the decision that “introduction of Holsey’s new evidence at his trial would not have had an impact on the jury’s sentencing deliberations sufficient to help sustain a successful ineffective assistance of counsel claim regarding the sentencing phase.”
Holsey was found guilty and sentenced to death in 1997.
Robinson was killed in December 1995 while trying to arrest Holsey in connection with an armed robbery.
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006 :: Popularity: 83% [?]
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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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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 :: Popularity: 77% [?]
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By Greg Bluestein
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA -
Convicted murderer Robert Wayne Holsey either has a sophisticated
vocabulary and an adequate IQ or a record of school failure and a drunk lawyer
who failed to point out his client’s deficiencies when Holsey was on trial for
his life.
Armed with school records and trial documents, Holsey’s lawyers and state
prosecutors clashed again Monday before the Georgia Supreme Court to debate
whether he deserves the death penalty for the 1995 killing of a Baldwin County
sheriff’s deputy.
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 :: Popularity: 56% [?]
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Robert Wayne Holsey is convicted of killing a Baldwin County Sheriff’s Deputy in 1995. Now he’s going through the appeals process to stay off death row.
Robert Wayne Holsey was convicted of killing Baldwin County Sheriff’s Deputy Will Robinson in 1995. A jury gave him the death penalty, but an appeals court overturned it. Now state attorneys argue that Holsey should be put back on death row.
The defense says Holsey’s first lawyer didn’t argue well enough that he could be mentally retarded.
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 :: Popularity: 18% [?]
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An eleven year old murder case went before the Supreme Court today. Robert Wayne
Holsey was convicted of the 1995 murder of Baldwin County Sheriff’s Deputy William Robinson and Armed Robbery. He was sentence to death in 1997. After numerous appeals, the death sentence was overturned last May. Now, the state is working to reverse that decision.
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 :: Popularity: 23% [?]
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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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