STANFORTH v. BALKCOM

21606.

217 Ga. 816 (1962)

125 S.E.2d 505

STANFORTH v. BALKCOM, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 20, 1962.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Stanforth, pro se.

B. Daniel Dubberly, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

Upon the hearing of this habeas corpus proceeding, involving the incarceration of a prisoner at the Reidsville State Prison, there existed a presumption in favor of the conviction or judgment thereof unreversed, and that the decision of the court convicting him was well-founded. Code § 38-114; Jones & Alford v. Tarver, 19 Ga. 279; Mathis v. Scott, 199 Ga. 743, 744 (1) (35 S.E.2d 285). The burden of proof was...

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