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DUTTON v. KNIGHT

23916.

223 Ga. 140 (1967)

153 S.E.2d 714

DUTTON, Warden v. KNIGHT.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 23, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Daniel Dubberly, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, G. Ernest Tidwell, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Carter A. Setliff, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

NICHOLS, Justice.

This is the second appearance of a habeas corpus petition in this court involving the sentence of Herman Ludson Knight on January 22, 1959. On the first appearance (Knight v. Balkcom, 219 Ga. 589 (134 S.E.2d 801)), the remand of the prisoner to custody was affirmed. Thereafter, he filed a petition for habeas corpus in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia...

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