McINTYRE v. BALKCOM

27097.

229 Ga. 81 (1972)

189 S.E.2d 445

McINTYRE v. BALKCOM.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gunter & McDonald, Douglas W. McDonald, for appellant.

Herbert B. Kimzey, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, W. Hensell Harris, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.


JORDAN, Justice.

McIntyre pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery and received a ten-year sentence of imprisonment. He sought release by habeas corpus, and appeals from an adverse judgment. Held:

1. While the petitioner testified generally that he was under the influence of drugs when he pleaded guilty, and that the sheriff of Madison County induced him to plead guilty, by telling him that he had talked to the judge, the habeas corpus judge, as a trior...

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