DUTTON v. MARGLE

23929.

223 Ga. 144 (1967)

154 S.E.2d 11

DUTTON, Warden v. MARGLE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 23, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Daniel Dubberly, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, G. Ernest Tidwell, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Carter A. Setliff, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

Upon the hearing of this application for habeas corpus of a prisoner allegedly restrained of his liberty because the sentences which he was serving were null and void because of violations of his constitutional rights in obtaining his conviction by the use of a confession obtained under duress and without the assistance of counsel, the court remanded him for new trial, holding the convictions to be null and void. While the State appealed...

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