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HORNE v. HOPPER

31703.

238 Ga. 140 (1977)

231 S.E.2d 735

HORNE v. HOPPER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell H. Horne, pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, G. Stephen Parker, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

INGRAM, Justice.

Mitchell Horne, an inmate at Georgia State Prison, appeals the denial of habeas corpus relief to him by the Superior Court of Tattnall County. In this appeal he contends that the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy was violated when he was subjected to criminal prosecution for escape after administrative punishment was imposed for the same act. He also complains that the habeas proceedings in the trial court

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