TUMLINSON v. DIX

S20A1277.

844 S.E.2d 765 (2020)

TUMLINSON v. DIX.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan Kerry Van Matre , The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, PC, 124 Atlanta Street, McDonough, Georgia 30253, Attorneys for the Appellant.

James R. Fortune, Jr. , Beck, Owen & Murray, Wachovia Tower, Suite 600, 100 South Hill Street, Griffin, Georgia 30223, Marie Greene Broder , District Attorney, Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 871, Thomaston, Georgia 30286, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Attorneys for the Appellee.


This Court granted Marcus Tumlinson's application for a discretionary appeal to consider whether the Superior Court of Spalding County erred in dismissing his petition for pre-trial habeas corpus relief without considering the merits of his claims or holding a hearing.1 For the reasons that follow...

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