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CALDWELL v. BEARD

29091.

232 Ga. 701 (1974)

208 S.E.2d 564

CALDWELL v. BEARD.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, William F. Bartee, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Esiah Beard, Jr., pro se.

UNDERCOFLER, Justice.

Esiah Beard, Jr., was indicted by the Richmond County Grand Jury for the offense of murder. He entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to life imprisonment. His petition for the writ of habeas corpus contends that when his plea of guilty to murder was entered in 1964, he was promised a sentence of twenty years but instead received life imprisonment. The attorney who represented him in 1964 testified that he had discussed the case with the district...

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