LASHLEY v. SMITH

26413.

227 Ga. 479 (1971)

181 S.E.2d 365

LASHLEY v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Homer Lashley, pro se.

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


ALMAND, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from an order in a habeas corpus proceeding remanding the appellant to the custody of the warden of the Georgia State Prison.

In his petition for the writ of habeas corpus, appellant alleged that he was being illegally detained by the defendant warden as a result of his conviction for murder in Meriwether Superior Court on May 19, 1969, and a sentence of life imprisonment. He asserted that his constitutional rights were...

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