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GOBLE v. REESE

20317.

214 Ga. 697 (1959)

107 S.E.2d 195

GOBLE v. REESE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 6, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, E. Freeman Leverett, Assistant Attorney-General, for plaintiff in error.

Lewis R. Slaton, Jr., contra.

HEAD, Justice.

1. The constitutional jurisdiction of the Supreme Court "in all habeas corpus cases" (Constitution, art. VI, sec. II, par. IV (Code, Ann., § 2-3704) is limited on review to a determination as to the legality of the detention, and not as to the guilt or innocence of the person detained. Code § 50-126, as amended, Ga. L. 1946, pp. 726, 747; Sanders v. Paschal, 186 Ga. 837 (199 S. E. 153...

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