Turner v. Balkcom

Almand, Justice.

Claude Turner sought his release from the Georgia State Prison by a writ of habeas corpus. After a hearing he was remanded to the custody of the respondent, R. P. Balkcom, Warden.

The ground upon which he sought his release was that with good time allowance he had served sufficient time on his minimum sentence to be given a conditional release.

In his response the warden filed a plea of res judicata on the ground that the prisoner filed on October 22, 1962, in the City Court of Reidsville, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the identical grounds upon which he seeks his…