BALKCOM v. McDANIEL

29871.

234 Ga. 470 (1975)

216 S.E.2d 328

BALKCOM v. McDANIEL.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, G. Stephen Parker, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

James Bonner, Jr., for appellee.


NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the respondent warden from an order sustaining the prisoner's writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner pled guilty to an accusation for burglary in Barrow Superior Court and to two accusations for auto theft in Forsyth Superior Court. The prisoner contended that there was no written waiver of indictment and therefore the court did not have jurisdiction to accept the guilty pleas.

The waiver signed by petitioner in...

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