Thornton v. Ault

Grice, Chief Justice.

Vincent X. Thornton appeals from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Butts County upon the ground that it was error to remand him to the custody of the respondent warden in the face of uncontradicted evidence that his appointed counsel at his criminal trial for armed robbery failed to advise him of his appellate rights as an indigent, and that he was otherwise unaware of them.

Upon the habeas corpus hearing the appellant testified that his attorney did not tell him that he had the right to appeal, and that he did not "know anything about…