HALL, Justice.
This is an appeal by the Sheriff of Clarke County, Georgia, from an order of the superior court in a habeas corpus action releasing McLarty from custody on the ground that the term of his probationary sentence had expired. The major issue presented concerns the time at which a sentence begins to run.
In 1973, McLarty was one of the "Athens Eight" who were arrested during a sit-in at the office of the President of the University of Georgia. McLarty...
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