Moore v. Hopper

Hill, Justice.

Appellant Mardell W. Moore filed a petition for habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Tattnall County contending that he was denied the effective assistance of court-appointed counsel at his trial for armed robbery in Richmond County on August 29,1972, and that after his conviction and sentence of twenty years imprisonment he was denied his right to appeal.

We have reviewed the transcript of the habeas hearing held on May 21,1974, and find that the evidence supports the judge’s finding that the appellant received effective assistance of counsel upon his criminal trial. See Pitts…