BLACKSHEAR v. WHARTON

46001.

258 Ga. 427 (1988)

370 S.E.2d 152

BLACKSHEAR v. WHARTON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Blackshear, pro se.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice.

Applicant James Blackshear filed an appeal from the superior court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We granted an application and now reverse the trial court's denial of the writ and also reverse the applicant's conviction.

The general rule is that "the repeal of a criminal statute abate[s] all prosecutions which [have] not reached final disposition in the highest court authorized to review them..." Bassett v...

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