CALHOUN v. CALDWELL

27032.

228 Ga. 804 (1972)

188 S.E.2d 498

CALHOUN v. CALDWELL.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawson Calhoun, pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Dorothy T. Beasley, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.


GRICE, Justice.

Lawson Calhoun appeals from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus by the Superior Court of Tattnall County, claiming that the life sentence he received in the Superior Court of Lanier County on November 22, 1965, based upon a plea of guilty to the charge of murder, was in violation of his constitutional rights.

1. The appellant's contentions that he pleaded guilty out of fear and force...

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