From the transcript of a habeas corpus hearing held in January 1996 at the Butts County Superior Court in Jackson, Georgia, to determine whether Wallace Fugate was given “effective assistance of counsel” by Leo Browne during the 1992 murder trial in which Fugate was sentenced to death. At the hearing, Browne, who had been appointed by a county court to represent Fugate, was questioned by Stephen B. Bright, a lawyer for the Southern Center for Human Rights. The judge ruled against Fugate; the decision has been appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court.

stephen b. bright:…