Wells v. Keith

Candler, Justice.

Luther C. Wells, Jr. was indicted, tried and convicted in DeKalb County for the murder of J. C. Nix, W. E. Johnson, and John Brandon. On the jury’s recommendation of mercy, he was sentenced to life service in the penitentiary. He was denied a new trial and this court affirmed that judgment on February 10, 1954. See Wells, alias Wilson, v. State, 210 Ga. 422 (80 S. E. 2d 153). On June 28, 1954, he presented a petition for the writ of habeas corpus to the Judge of the Superior Court of Tattnall County, alleging that he was being illegally detained by R. P. Balk-corn, Jr., as…