TURNER v. BALKCOM

22025.

219 Ga. 48 (1963)

131 S.E.2d 563

TURNER v. BALKCOM, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 29, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Johnson, for plaintiff in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney General, Howard P. Wallace, Assistant Attorney General, B. Daniel Dubberly, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, contra.


ALMAND, Justice.

Claude Turner sought his release from the Georgia State Prison by a writ of habeas corpus. After a hearing he was remanded to the custody of the respondent, R. P. Balkcom, Warden.

The ground upon which he sought his release was that with good time allowance he had served sufficient time on his minimum sentence to be given a conditional release.

In his response the warden filed a plea of res judicata on the ground that the prisoner...

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