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JOHNSON v. SMITH

24539.

224 Ga. 219 (1968)

160 S.E.2d 587

JOHNSON, alias JOHNSTON v. SMITH, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 4, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Zell, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, B. Daniel Dubberly, Jr., Joel C. Williams, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorneys General, Marion O. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining a plea of res judicata in a habeas corpus proceeding. The applicant entered pleas of guilty in the Superior Court of Pike County in 1961 on two burglary indictments and received two 20-year sentences. He admits the filing of two previous habeas corpus petitions on the bases of illegal extradition and an illegally constituted grand jury both of which petitions...

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