MASON v. BALKCOM

Civ. A. No. 79-127-MAC.

487 F.Supp. 554 (1980)

Guy MASON, Petitioner, v. Charles R. BALKCOM, Warden, Respondent.

United States District Court, M. D. Georgia, Macon Division.

April 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Bonner, Jr., University of Georgia School of Law, Legal Aid and Defender Soc., Prisoner Legal Counseling Project, Athens, Ga., for petitioner.

William B. Hill, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Ga., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent.


RULING ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

OWENS, District Judge.

The petitioner Guy Mason was convicted of murder and sentenced to death following a jury trial in the Superior Court for Baldwin County; on appeal his conviction and sentence was affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court. Mason v. State, 236 Ga. 46, 222 S.E.2d 339 (1976...

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