WELDON v. HAWKINS

39863.

251 Ga. 188 (1983)

304 S.E.2d 66

WELDON v. HAWKINS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Nicholas G. Dumich, Assistant Attorney General, Lamar C. Walter, Special Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Leroy Hawkins, pro se.


PER CURIAM.

Leroy Hawkins filed in Chatham Superior Court a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking his release from Coastal Correctional Institution on the grounds that two convictions for burglary under which he was being held were unlawful. The habeas corpus court held a hearing and found that Hawkins' convictions should be set aside for want of effective assistance of counsel. The state appeals.

1. The state's first enumeration of error contends that...

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