Legal Opinion
Brown v. Lowry
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 19, 1938No. 12075PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Presiding Justice.
Michael Brown filed his petition against J. I. Lowry, sheriff of Fulton County, for the writ of habeas corpus. The case was submitted to the court on an agreed statement of facts, which, taken with the petition as amended, was substantially as follows: The petitioner was tried on an indictment charging a felony in the State of New York. Upon a plea of guilty he received in 1932 a sentence of imprisonment of from two and one half to ten years. He served the minimum sentence of two and one half years. He was then paroled and authorized to go to the State of North…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hyatt v. People Ex Rel. CorkranSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Drinkall v. SpiegelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Hughes v. PflanzCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1905
- Ex Parte WilliamsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Ex Parte CarrollCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Broyles v. MountSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- In Re FedderCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
- Scheinfain v. AldredgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Deering v. MountSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- King v. MountSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
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