BALKCOM v. TURNER

21512.

217 Ga. 610 (1962)

123 S.E.2d 918

BALKCOM, Warden v. TURNER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Earl L. Hickman, Assistant Attorney-General, B. Daniel Dubberly, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney-General, for plaintiff in error.

Benjamin F. Turner, pro se, contra.


GRICE, Justice.

Asserting that he had been denied the right of legal counsel, and that he had not in fact pleaded guilty to an indictment for forgery and passing a forged check, Benjamin F. Turner filed a habeas corpus petition in the City Court of Reidsville against the warden of the Georgia State Prison, where he was confined.

The respondent warden filed an answer denying the essential allegations of the petition. Upon a hearing, at which oral and documentary...

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