WARD v. SMITH

26654.

228 Ga. 137 (1971)

184 S.E.2d 592

WARD v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 7, 1971.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Moore, Jr., Peter E. Rindskopf, Jack Greenberg, Jack Himmelstein, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Mathew Robins, Assistant Attorneys General, B. D. Dubberly, Jr., for appellee.


MOBLEY, Presiding Justice.

The question in this case is whether the State of Georgia is required, when requested by an indigent who has been convicted of murder and sentenced to death, to pay the travel expenses of expert witnesses from their homes in various parts of the United States, outside of Georgia, to give testimony in the trial of this habeas corpus proceeding brought by the appellant against the Warden of the Georgia State Prison.

The appellant appeals...

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