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Coates v. Balkcom

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 9, 1961No. 21103PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

Paul E. Coates (plaintiff in error) filed ■his petition for habeas corpus against R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden of Tatnall Prison (defendant in error), in the City Court of Reidsville, Georgia.

The allegations of his petition, material and necessary to this statement, follow. He alleged that on June 11, 1959, he was found guilty of murder, with a recommendation of mercy, by a jury in the Superior Court of DeKalb County, Georgia, and was sentenced to life imprisonment; that the judge approved his 273' page brief of evidence without objection by the solicitor-general; that his…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Fleming v. LowrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  2. Henson v. ScogginsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  3. McKay v. BalkcomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  4. Blackstone v. NelsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
  5. Plocar v. FosterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Sims v. BalkcomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
  2. Moore v. DuttonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
  3. Clarke v. GrimesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
  4. Holcomb v. ShirleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1962

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