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HERNDON v. LOWRY

Nos. 474 and 475.

301 U.S. 242 (1937)

HERNDON v. LOWRY, SHERIFF.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 26, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Whitney North Seymour, with whom Messrs. W.A. Sutherland, Herbert T. Wechsler, and Carol King were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. J. Walter LeCraw, Assistant Solicitor General of Georgia, with whom Messrs. M.J. Yeomans, Attorney General, and John A. Boykin, Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant claims his conviction in a state court deprived him of his liberty contrary to the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment. He assigns as error the action of the Supreme Court of Georgia in overruling his claim and refusing him a discharge upon habeas corpus. The petition for the writ, presented to the Superior Court of Fulton County, asserted the appellant was unlawfully detained by the appellee...

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