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PATTERSON v. SMITH

26193.

227 Ga. 170 (1971)

179 S.E.2d 247

PATTERSON v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 11, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Patterson, pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Marion O. Gordon, Charles B. Merrill, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

NICHOLS, Justice.

The petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in which he asserted that two sentences imposed by the Superior Court of Gwinnett County were illegally imposed upon him. The trial court remanded the petitioner to custody and he filed the present appeal. Held:

1. "The legality of the present confinement is the question under review in a habeas corpus proceeding. See Harris v. Norris, 188 Ga. 610, 611 (4 S.E.2d 840)...

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