MITCHELL v. SMITH

26320.

227 Ga. 313 (1971)

180 S.E.2d 357

MITCHELL v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley Eugene Mitchell, Jr., pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, William R. Childers, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.


MOBLEY, Presiding Justice.

Appellant filed an application for habeas corpus contending that his concurrent sentences of ten years for burglary, and one year for escape, are illegal, asserting that he was illegally detained for three days after his arrest without being advised of his constitutional rights to remain silent and to have counsel present during questioning; that he was removed from jail and taken to a wooded section where he was beaten until he confessed...

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