Brand v. Szabo

Hunt, Presiding Justice.

We granted Brand’s application for a certificate of probable cause to appeal the superior court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus, to determine: (1) the propriety of the clerk of the superior court’s action in withholding the habeas record on appeal to this court until payment of costs in the habeas proceeding, and (2) the application of our decision in Ford v. State, 262 Ga. 602 (423 SE2d 255) (1992) to this case.1

1. The superior court, acting as habeas court, granted Brand leave to proceed in forma pauperis and, following a hearing, denied Brand’s petition…