Hughes v. Sikes

Carley, Justice.

After a jury found Jeffery Hughes guilty of malice murder, the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment. In Hughes v. State, 251 Ga. 393 (306 SE2d 242) (1983), this Court granted appellate counsel’s Anders motion and dismissed the appeal as frivolous. Hughes later filed a pro se habeas corpus petition. On April 29,1999, the habeas court denied the petition. Hughes mailed to the clerk’s office a timely notice of appeal, and requested filing. On May 20, 1999, however, the deputy clerk returned the notice of appeal to Hughes, accompanied by a letter informing him that he…