MULLENNIX v. BALKCOM

19771.

213 Ga. 490 (1957)

99 S.E.2d 832

MULLENNIX v. BALKCOM, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin C. Mullennix, pro se.

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, J. Max Cheney, Deputy Assistant Attorney-General, E. Freeman Leverett, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


MOBLEY, Justice.

"A writ of habeas corpus looks only to the lawfulness of the present confinement. It does not deal with the lawfulness of a possible future imprisonment under another sentence. McNally v. Hill, 293 U.S. 131, 55 Sup. Ct. 24, 79 L. ed. 238." Seay v. Sanford, 158 Fed. 2d 281; Kennedy v. Sanford, 76 Fed. Supp. 736, affirmed 166 Fed. 2d 568, certiorari denied, 333 U.S. 864. Consequently, where, on April...

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