FORTSON v. HOPPER

33811.

242 Ga. 81 (1978)

247 S.E.2d 875

FORTSON v. HOPPER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Bonner, Jr., for appellant.

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


MARSHALL, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus appeal. The petitioner is presently serving five concurrent 20-year sentences for burglary based upon guilty pleas, and sentences of 20 years, 10 years and life for burglary, aggravated assault and rape, respectively, based upon pleas of nolo contendere. The ground of his petition is that his life sentence for rape must be set aside because it was imposed on a plea of nolo contendere, in contravention of Code Ann. §...

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