Legal Opinion
Wood v. Clarke
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 15, 1939No. 12940PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
On March 27, 1939, Joseph Wood entered a plea of guilty to an accusation charging him with simple larceny. He was sentenced by Judge McClelland, of the criminal court of Eulton County, to serve six months on the public works. On May 15, 1939, after serving a part of the sentence, Wood sued out a writ of habeas corpus, naming Clarke, the superintendent of the public works, as respondent. He contended in his petition that his sentence was illegal and void, for the reason that it was passed by the same person who, as solicitor of the criminal court of Eulton County, had, on…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Tindall v. NisbetSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
- Daniels v. TowersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Rogers v. FelkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- Shope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Donald Williams, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Carl S. Anderson, Respondent-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- State Ex Rel. Anglin v. MitchellTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
- Head v. WaldrupSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Prater v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Donald Williams, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Carl S. Anderson, Respondent-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
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