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SWEENEY v. BALKCOM

22180.

219 Ga. 292 (1963)

133 S.E.2d 10

SWEENEY v. BALKCOM.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 10, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Sweeney, pro se.

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

ALMAND, Justice.

James C. Sweeney in his petition for the writ of habeas corpus alleged that he was being illegally detained in the Georgia State Prison by its warden, R. P. Balkcom, Jr., in that he was indicted, convicted, and sentenced under the provisions of a statute which he alleged was null and void in that it violated certain stated provisions of the Constitutions of the State of Georgia and the United States. On the hearing of the petition there was evidence...

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