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Humphrey v. Lewis

The defendant was not entitled to habeas relief because he could not show that withheld evidence had a reasonable probability of affecting the outcome of his trial.

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Christopher K. Lewis was convicted of malice murder, burglary, and other related offenses in 1998, and he was sentenced to death for the murder. After reversing and remanding for a new hearing on Lewis’ motion for new trial, see Lewis v. State, 275 Ga. 194 565 SE2d 437 2002 Lewis I, this Court unanimously affirmed Lewis’ convictions and sentences in 2004. See Lewis v. State, 277 Ga. 534 592 SE2d 405 2004 Lewis II. After Lewis filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the habeas court granted Lewis habeas relief with respect to his malice murder conviction and death sentence. See Hall v. Lewis, 286 Ga. 767, 768 692 SE2d 580 2010 Lewis III. The warden appealed only the habeas court’s grant of relief as to Lewis’ murder conviction, and this Court reversed that portion of the habeas court’s order and remanded the case to the habeas court for consideration of several unresolved claims that Lewis had raised in his amended petition. See id. at 784 II D, III. In accordance with the directions from this Court, the habeas court on remand ruled on Lewis’ remaining claims in an order filed on August 17, 2011. The habeas court again granted Lewis habeas relief, this time vacating all of Lewis’ convictions on several grounds. The warden appeals. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the habeas court’s ruling and reinstate Lewis’ convictions.

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