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ECHOLS v. SMITH

26304.

227 Ga. 343 (1971)

180 S.E.2d 699

ECHOLS v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 4, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Echols, pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Dorothy T. Beasley, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

GRICE, Justice.

Denial of a writ of habeas corpus to Charles L. Echols by the Superior Court of Tattnall County brought about this appeal. The petition alleges that his detention in Georgia State Prison after being tried and convicted of two counts of armed robbery in the Superior Court of Fulton County is illegal and unconstitutional for stated reasons. The respondent denied the essential parts of the petition. A hearing was held and the petitioner was remanded to...

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