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    Richard Lester Sealey - Georgia Death Row




    Facts of the Crime:

    Was sentenced to death on August 27, 2002 for killing an elderly couple, John and Fannie Mae Tubner, with an ax during a robbery at their Ellenwood home on January 23, 2000.

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    On March 1, 2004, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed Sealey's death sentence on direct appeal.

    http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ga-suprem...t/1138791.html

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    On June 17, 2013, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the Butts County Superior Court's denial of Sealey's habeas petition.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/13-6886.htm

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    Today, the US Supreme Court DENIED Sealey's certiorari petition.

    Lower Ct: Superior Court of Georgia, Butts County
    Case Nos.: (2004-V-898)
    Decision Date: July 30, 2012
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    Decision Date: June 17, 2013

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/13-6886.htm

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    On January 31, 2014, Sealey filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/geo...cv00285/202311

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    On February 14, 2018, Sealey filed an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ci.../ca11/18-10565

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