# Petition — BERRYHILL v. FRANCIS (No. 83-6090)

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## Record

- **Collection:** Supreme Court brief
- **Document type:** Petition
- **Published:** January 1, 1983

## Text

RECEIVED

No. 83-6 JAN 13 1984
OFFICE OF THE CLERK
IN THE SuPREME Court, US.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

October Term, 1983

MICHAEL GENE BERRYHILL,
Petitioner,
vs.
ROBERT FRANCIS, Warden,
Georgia Diagnostic and
Classification Center

Respondent.

PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
TO THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA

STEPHEN G. MILLIKEN

Milliken & Van Susteren, P.C.
511 E Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

(202) 393-7676

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER

QUESTIONS PRESENTED

I. Whether stricter procedural and substantive standards

should be applied by trial courts in determining whether to

| grant a change of venue motion upon the retrial of a capital

case?

Il. Whether a venireman irrevocably committed to Imposition
of the Death Penalty must be excused for cause?

III. By what constitutional standard should claims of

ineffective assistance of counsel be measured?

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Questions Presented

Table of Authorities

Opinion Below

Jurisdiction

Constitutional Provisions Involved
Statement of the Case

How The Federal Questions Were Raised And Decided
Below

Reasons For Granting The Writ

I. The Court Should Grant Certiorari
To Consider Whether More Careful
Standards Should Be Applied By
Lower Courts In Resolving Change-
Of-Venue Motions Upon The Retrial
Of A Capital Case

A. In Light Of The Risk Of Substantial
Prejudice, More Careful Standards
Should Govern Change-Of-Venue Requests
In Capitsl Cases

B. If A Showing Of Actual Prejudice Is
Required To Obtain A Change Of Venue
In The Retrial Of A Capital Case, Then
Trial Courts Chould Admit Scientifically
Reliable Polls Into Evidence

Il. The Court Should Grant Certiorari
To Consider Whether A Venireman
Irrevocably Committed To Imposition
Of The Death Penalty Must Be Excused
For Cause

III. The Court Should Grant Certiorari
To Determine What Constitutional
Standard Should Be Applied To Claims
Of Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel

Conclusion

Appendix A: Opinion of the Superior Court of
Butts County, Georgia

Appendix B: Order of the Supreme Court of Georgia,
denying application for certificate
of = cause, dated September
28, 1983

Appendix C: Order of the Supreme Court of Georgia
denying rehearing

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

cases:

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| atkins v. Hopper, 234 Ga. 330, 216
| SSSSS-E.2d 85 (i975) Pe ee os oe 2 eee

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| meee hill v. Georgia, U.S. , 103
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| Berryhill v. Georgia, 429 U.S. 1054 (1977)......eeeeeeeeeeees

| Berryhill v. Ricketts, 242 Ga. 447, 249
.E. ), cert. denied,
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| Berr hill v. State, 235 Ga. 549, 221
975), cert. denied,
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| Berryhill v. State, 249 Ga. 442, 291
| Ens .E.2d 685 (1982) Ee ee oe ee

| Blake v. Zant, 513 F.Supp. 772
PE BOGE P cack acccdccegesdsvcoveussenaeeceenneten

_| Burns ¥ Eatelie. 592 F.2d 1297, 1300
979), Aff'd., 626 F.2d
396 (1980) (en banc) So week ee CLO 6b oe 6 bbe bs 6hde ak eee

, cechren v. State, 136 Ga.App. 125, 126,
gM & ¥en erry. Sar or

' Commonwealth v. Rolison, 374 A.2d 509

| Wed ies POT eT eT TTT Te TTT eee er

Crawford Vv. power 395 F.2d 297, 303-304
8), cert. denied, 397
U. S. 936. CPUs biet whose behest ebessbn ed besebet scene

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Davis v. Georgia, 429 U.S. 122 (1976)......... ee eee eee eee eee

| Davis v. State of Alabama, 596 F.2d 1214
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‘Dyer v. Crisp, 613 F.2d 275 (10th Cir. 1980)...........-eeeee

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| Rates vw. Temes, 361 U.S. 332 CB9GS) 20. cccccccccsecessveseeees

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_ Gardner v. Florida, 430 U.S. 349 (1977).............

. Gregg v. Georgia, 426 U.S. 153 (1976)..........0000.

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Hemileon v. State of Alabama, 368 U.S.
ies “ 2 | Aer

‘Hovey v. State, 168 Cal.Rptr. 128, 616 P.2d
OI T3T0 | aay pe eibiee Sarees

_ Irvin v.§ Dowd, 366 U.S. 717 EDGR) ccc cccvccsucsccecs

Pee SOME = ba wanececsceccscesvessevececens

. v. United States, 413 A.2d 499

\MacKenna v. Ellis, 280 F.2d 592 (Sth
. Cir. 1960), cert. denied, 368 U.S.

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Massey v. State, 222 Ga. 143, 149, 149
iy x E.2¢ 118, cert. denied, 385 U.S.

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| People v. Hughes, 52 Cal.2d 89, 94-95,
17 tal Eptr. 617, 367 P.2d 33, 36 (1961)

People v. Roe, 23 Cal.3d 412, 590 P.2d 859,
Se es Es FRO CUUPOR so stckvcwsvescdisueses

Pierce v. State, 604 S.W.2d 185 (1980)..............

Pierce v. Turner, 276 F.Supp. 289, 296

.Utah, RPP Pe Pre cet rrr ered Pred Ce er re

Pierce v. Turner, 402 F.2d 109 (10th Cir.
1968), cert. denied, 394 U.S. 950 (1969)

Pitts v. Glass, 231 Ga. 638, 203 S.E.2d

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I State v. Sonnier, 379 So.2d. 1336 (La. 1979)..................

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| State v. Sunday, 609 P.2d 1188 (Mont. 1980).................. 13
Stroud v. United States, 251 U.S. 15, 20-21 (1919)....... 16, 18
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“United States v. Bosch, 584 F.2d 1113, 1122
st St peerage er a re ee rary ee ree eee 29
| United States v. Cronic, 675 F.2d 1126 (10th
2 2), cert. granted, 75 L.Ed.2d 430,
32 Cr. L. Rep. 41 5“ti95 oo ee. errr rere 19
United States v. DeCoster, 624 F.2d 196 (D.C.
| Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 944 (1979)....... i oe
‘United States v. Fesell, 531 F.2d 1275, 1278
Ne ee eee ed boesaceeeee 31
| united States v. Romano, 482 F.2d 1183, 1196
i t 2 a. 73), cert. denied,
| ee. a ad ot ake haa oo ak Oe aia eae bok Ooo oe wee 30

, Mashin ton v. Strickland, 693 F.2d 1243 (llth
tt 19872) (en banc), cert. granted, 33 12, 19, 20
| Cr. L. Rep. 4073 (U.S. June 6, 1983)...........- 21, 29, 32
_ Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 522 (1968).... 16, 17, 18
Woodson v. North Carolina, 428 U.S. 280 (1976)............... 22

Woods v. State, 233 Ga. 495, 501, 212 S.E.2d ‘

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| American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic
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SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA

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The Honorable Supreme Court met pursuant to adjournment.
The following order was passed:

MICHAEL GENE BERRYHILL V. ROBERT FRANCIS, WARDEN

Upon consideration of the Motion for Reconsideration filed

in this application, it is ordered that it be hereby denied. All

the Justices concur, except Hill, C.J., dissents.

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IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED

October Term, 1983

RECEIVED

JAN 13 1984

OFFICE OF THE CLERK
SUPREME Court, U.S.

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MICHAEL GENE BERRYHILL,

Petitioner,

vs.

ROBERT FRANCIS, Warden,
Georgia Diagnostic and

Classification Center

Respondent.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the Petition For Writ of

| Certiorari has been mailed, postage prepaid, to Susan Boleyn,

Assistant Attorney General, 132 State Judicial Building, 40

Capital Square, S. W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334 this 13th day of

January, 1984.

ikén & Van Susteren,

P.C.

511 E Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.
(202)393-7676

20001

Attorney for Petitioner

RECEIVED
AN 13 1984
No. 83-4090
OFFICE OF THE CLERK
IN THE SUPREME Court, U.S.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
October Term, 1983

MICHAEL GENE BERRYHILL,
Petitioner,

vs.
ROBERT FRANCIS, Warden,
Georgia Diagnostic and

Classification Center

Respondent.

MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

Comes now the Petitioner Michael Gene Berryhill and respect-
fully requests this Honorable Court to allow him to proceed
without prepayment of costs for the reason that petitioner is
indigent, and for years has been so. See attached affidavit
(Exhibit A) presented to the Superior Court of Butts County and
the Georgia Supreme Court below, where petitioner was permitted

to proceed in forma pauperis.

Respectfully submitted,
‘

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EPHEN/G. MILLIKEN
Mil®ikén & Van Susteren, P.C.
511 E Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
(202)393-7676

Counsel for Petitioner

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f EXHIBIT A

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BUTTS COUNTY -

STATE OF GEORGIA : aa

MICHAEL GENE BERRYHILL,
Petitioner,

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ROBERT FRANCIS, Warden,
Georgia Diagnostic and
Classification Center,

Respondent.

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AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO PROCEED
ON APPEAL IN FORMA PAUPERIS

7 MICHAEL GENE BERRYHILL , being first

duly sworn, depose and say that I am the Petitioner in the
above-entitled case; that in support of my motion to proceed
On appeal without being required to prepay fees, costs, or
give security therefor, I state that because of my poverty I
am unable to pay the costs of said proceeding or to give security
therefor; and that I believe I am entitled to redress.
I further swear that the responses which I have made
to the questions and instructions below relating to my ability
to pay the cost of prosecuting the appeal are true.

1. Are you presently employed? Yes No i

a. If the answer is yes, state the amount of your salary
or wages per month and give the name and address of
your employer.

b. if the answer is no, state the date of your last
employment and the amount of the ‘salary and wages per

month which you received. 1972: f00, - Dnt

Have you received within the past twelve months any income

from a business, profession or other form of self-employ-

ment, or in the form of rent payments, interest, dividends,
or other source? Yes No ~ ii

a. If the answer is yes, describe each source of income,
and state the amount received from each during the
past twelve months. |

3. Do you own any cash or checking or savings account?

Yes No PY

a. If the answer is yes, state the total value of the

items owned. te

4. Do you own any real estate, stocks, bonds, notes, auto-
mobiles, or other valuable property (excluding ordinary
household furnishings and clothing)? Yes No rie
a. If the answer is yes, describe the property and state

its approximate value.

5. List the persons who are dependent upon you for support

and state your relationship to those persons. None a

I understand that a false statement or answer to any

questions in this affidavit will subject me to penalties for

-_ Ay WA CSE,

MICHAEL GENE BERRYHILL

perjury.

STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO

before me this the /_ day of OcVe ber » 198 2 7a ;

C4 ELC—

Notary Public Y

My Commission expires:

GLO -Ez@

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No. 83-090

IN THE

RECEIVED

JAN 13 1984

OFFICE OF THE CLERK
SUPREME Court, U.S.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

October Term, 1983

MICHAEL GENE BERRYHILL,
Petitioner,

vs.
ROBERT FRANCIS, Warden,
Georgia Diagnostic and

Classification Center,

Respondent.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the Motion to Proceed in

Forma Pauperis has been mailed, postage prepaid, to Susan Boleyn,

Staff Assistant Attorney General,

Capital Square,

January,

132 State Judicial Building, 40

S. W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334 this 13th day of

Lp

STEPHEN/G. MILLIKEN #254433
Millik & Van Susteren, P.C.

591i & Street, H.W.

Washington, D.C.
(202)393-7676

20001

Attorney for Petitioner

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