Legal Opinion
Croker v. Smith
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 10, 1969No. 25323PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Presiding Justice.
The appeal is from a judgment denying the appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, and remanding him to the custody of the warden. His enumeration of errors contains five grounds. He is serving a sentence of ten years for possessing burglary tools. The indictment charging him with this crime also charged and listed nine other felonies of which he had been convicted.
The first enumeration of error is that the court refused to grant his request for the appointment of an attorney to represent him. The court held that the appointment of an attorney in a habeas…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Attorney General v. PelletierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Cantrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Kryder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
- Summerour v. CartrettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Coleman v. THE STATESupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Frazier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
- Henry Lee McCoy v. Lansom Newsome, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- State v. HaliskiSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1995
- Black v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Johnson v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
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