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MUSGROVE v. SMITH

25937.

226 Ga. 672 (1970)

177 S.E.2d 48

MUSGROVE v. SMITH, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 10, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Musgrove, pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Marion O. Gordon, William R. Childers, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

GRICE, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment remanding the petitioner to the custody of the warden following a hearing on a petition for the writ of habeas corpus.

Michael Musgrove filed his petition in the Superior Court of Tattnall County against the respondent S. Lamont Smith, Warden of the Georgia State Prison. It alleged in essence that he was being detained illegally by virtue of a life sentence for murder which was predicated upon an indictment returned...

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