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PURVIS v. CONNELL

26515.

227 Ga. 764 (1971)

182 S.E.2d 892

PURVIS v. CONNELL.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 9, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Carter, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Mathew Robins, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

GRICE, Justice.

This appeal is from the denial of a petition for the writ of habeas corpus in which the petitioner Duane Purvis alleged that his detention by the respondent D. J. Connell, as Sheriff of Cook County, was illegal. Petitioner averred that the sentences under which he was being held were illegal in that he entered pleas of guilty to two indictments for passing fraudulent checks without being properly advised of...

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