Mullins v. Lavoie

Weltner, Justice.

Hubert T. Mullins was convicted of armed robbery in the Superior Court of Whitfield County, and received a 15-year sentence. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction in Mullins v. State, 147 Ga. App. 337 (248 SE2d 706) (1978). In 1981 Mullins petitioned the Superior Court of Lowndes County for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition was denied after a hearing, and Mullins appeals pursuant to our grant of his application for a certificate of probable cause.

Mullins contends that he is entitled to habeas corpus relief on several grounds. (1) The sum of sixty-six dollars,…