Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Hopper
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 17, 1976No. 30897PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ingram, Justice.
Appellant Phillips prosecutes this appeal, pro se, from the judgment of the Superior Court of Tattnall County denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus and remanding him to the custody of the warden of Georgia State Prison at Reidsville. This court granted appellant’s application to appeal that judgment.
In August, 1974, appellant was convicted of two counts of armed robbery and one count of aggravated assault. He received a sentence of five years for the assault and two sentences of life imprisonment for the armed robberies. His convictions and sentences were…
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