ZANT v. OWENS

35513.

244 Ga. 494 (1979)

260 S.E.2d 886

ZANT v. OWENS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

William A. Owens, pro se.


MARSHALL, Justice.

The state appeals from the grant of the writ of habeas corpus to the appellant, whose petition attacked the validity of his conviction of escape.

"The lawful confinement of the [appellee] at the time of his escape was a necessary element of that offense ..." Dixon v. State, 234 Ga. 157 (215 S.E.2d 5) (1975). There was no fatal variance between the allegation in the...

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