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KNIGHT v. BALKCOM

22291.

219 Ga. 589 (1964)

134 S.E.2d 801

KNIGHT v. BALKCOM, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 22, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Ludson Knight, pro se.

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

DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

This case is controlled adversely to the plaintiff in error by the ruling of this court in Gay v. Balkcom, 219 Ga. 554 ( SE2d ), in that it is a habeas corpus case by a prisoner alleging that he was denied the benefit of counsel at the time he pled guilty to a felony for which he could be electrocuted. The evidence shows that he was offered counsel and refused to accept same, stating that he was going...

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