Stanforth v. Balkcom

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

Upon the hearing of this habeas corpus proceeding, involving the incarceration of a prisoner at the Reidsville State Prison, there existed a presumption in favor of the conviction or judgment thereof unreversed, and that the decision of the court convicting him was well-founded. Code § 38-114; Jones & Alford v. Tarver, 19 Ga. 279; Mathis v. Scott, 199 Ga. 743, 744 (1) (35 SE2d 285). The burden of proof was upon the prisoner to overcome this presumption, as his petition alleges his conviction was contrary to law for a number of reasons, which the response of the State…