JAMES v. HIGHT

40043.

251 Ga. 563 (1983)

307 S.E.2d 660

JAMES v. HIGHT.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Rubin, Winter & Goger, Elizabeth A. Edelman, Special Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Hinkle, Notte & Bianco, Guy J. Notte, for appellee.

Alfred J. Hight, pro se.


MARSHALL, Presiding Justice.

Alfred J. Hight, while incarcerated at the Metro Correctional Institute in Atlanta, filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus in the DeKalb Superior Court.

The respondent, the Metro warden, filed a motion to dismiss under OCGA § 9-14-51 (Code Ann. § 50-127) on the ground that this is a successive habeas petition.

Pending the superior court's ruling on this motion, the petitioner was transferred from Metro...

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