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SUTHERLAND v. SANDERS

27853.

230 Ga. 591 (1973)

198 S.E.2d 313

SUTHERLAND v. SANDERS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 10, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spence & Knighton, Judson R. Knighton, for appellant.

George W. Darden, District Attorney, Joe Chambers, Roy E. Barnes, for appellee.

JORDAN, Justice.

Sutherland was convicted of forgery in Cobb Superior Court at the November 1971 term, and sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. While in custody in Tattnall County pursuant to this sentence he sought release by habeas corpus, asserting that his sentence exceeded the legal limits. A hearing was held in Tattnall Superior Court on August 16, 1972, and on September 6, 1972, a judge of that court ruled that the indictment under which he was tried in...

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