Legal Opinion
Shoemake v. Whitlock
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 8, 1970No. 26038PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Justice.
This appeal is from the denial of the writ of habeas corpus by the Judge of the Superior Court of Coweta County. The applicant for the writ alleged that he was indicted and convicted of burglary on two counts on March 12, 1969, and was sentenced to five years on each count to run concurrently. The enumerations of error all assert that instructions given by the trial court to the jury during the trial of this case were erroneous and that the applicant was thereby denied due process of law under the State and Federal Constitutions. Held:
The Habeas Corpus Act of 1967…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Frank v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- Arthur v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
- Bush v. ChappellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
- Chatterton v. DuttonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Buxton v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
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3Cited by27 opinions
- M. W. Holloway v. Clay E. McElroy WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Johnny Mack Westbrook v. Walter B. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- Johnson v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Byrd v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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