Legal Opinion
Ballard v. Smith
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 10, 1969No. 25233PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Frankum, Justice.
The petitioner in this case entered pleas of guilty in the Superior Court of McIntosh County on December 8, 1965, to the offense of robbery by open force and violence with an offensive weapon, and to the offense of kidnapping. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on the robbery indictment and to four years in prison to run concurrently with the robbery sentence on the kidnapping charge. In November 1968, he filed in the Superior Court of Tattnall County a petition for habeas corpus. His petition came on for hearing on January 29, 1969, and after hearing evidence the court…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Johnson v. PlunkettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
- Archer v. ClarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- Smith v. FullerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Huff v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Fortson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Phillips v. StynchcombeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- Rackoff v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
- Shelton R. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015
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