HICKS v. SCOTT

No. S00A1790.

541 S.E.2d 27 (2001)

273 Ga. 358

HICKS v. SCOTT.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Harvey, pro se.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Peggy R. Katz, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, for appellees.


SEARS, Justice.

This Court granted petitioner William Shane Hicks's application for a certificate of probable cause to appeal the habeas court's order denying the filing of Hicks's petition for habeas corpus relief. Because the habeas court incorrectly concluded that it was without jurisdiction to decide the petition and that the petition did not assert valid grounds for habeas relief, we reverse and remand.

Petitioner is presently incarcerated in the United...

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