Legal Opinion
Clarke v. Zant
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 24, 1981No. 36805PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
Clarke and two co-defendants were tried and convicted of armed robbery in Fulton County in 1979. The convictions were upheld in Aiken v. State, 152 Ga. App. 662 (264 SE2d 336) (1979). Clarke represented himself during the armed robbery trial and his co-defendants were represented by counsel. Clarke then filed this petition for habeas corpus on the ground that his right to assistance of counsel is guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Federal Constitution but was violated in that he did not make a valid waiver of counsel prior to trial. The habeas court found…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by147 opinions
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