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TUCKER v. KEMP

43568.

256 Ga. 571 (1987)

351 S.E.2d 196

TUCKER v. KEMP.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kocher, Wilson, Korschun & Cobb, Eric G. Kocher, Robert B. Remar, for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Chief Justice.

We granted the appellant's application for certificate of probable cause to appeal the superior court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under OCGA § 9-14-51 on the ground that the claim sought to be litigated could reasonably have been raised in a prior habeas corpus proceeding. For reasons which follow, we affirm.

In March of 1978, the appellant was convicted of...

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