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CHAFFIN v. STYNCHCOMBE

26909.

228 Ga. 583 (1972)

186 S.E.2d 871

CHAFFIN v. STYNCHCOMBE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Chaffin, pro se.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Creighton W. Sossomon, Joel M. Feldman, Carter Goode, James H. Mobley, Jr., for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment entered in an application for the writ of habeas corpus brought by James Chaffin against LeRoy Stynchcombe, Sheriff of Fulton County, Georgia. The applicant alleged that his imprisonment resulted from a plea of guilty to a charge of sodomy and that he was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of five years. He alleges that his imprisonment is illegal for various reasons. At the habeas corpus hearing evidence was...

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