WILLIAMS v. RICKETTS

30031.

234 Ga. 716 (1975)

217 S.E.2d 292

WILLIAMS v. RICKETTS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 1, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Bonner, Jr., for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Julius C. Daugherty, Jr., Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

The appellant filed a writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Butts County contesting the imposition of a ten year sentence for motor vehicle theft upon a guilty plea. The habeas court found that the applicant had been sentenced to a harsher penalty than provided by law and directed the trial court to vacate the original sentence and resentence the appellant. The judgment also provided that the resentencing could be done in absentia...

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