Cannon v. Grimes

Nichols, Justice.

James D. Cannon was convicted of burglary and his conviction affirmed by the Court of Appeals in Cannon v. State, 113 Ga. App. 701 (149 SE2d 418). Thereafter, he filed a habeas corpus petition in which he alleged that he was denied a commitment hearing thereby voiding all further proceedings in the case. After the hearing on such petition the prisoner was remanded to custody of the sheriff. He now appeals from this judgment. The record shows without dispute that he was shot at the scene of the burglary by the arresting officers and taken directly to the hospital where he…