Dixon v. Caldwell

Mobley, Presiding Justice.

Tom Dixon was convicted of armed robbery in the Superior Court of Dougherty County, and sentenced to imprisonment of 20 years. He filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus asserting the illegality of his restraint. He represented himself in the habeas corpus court, and in the appeal in this court.

1. The first error enumerated is that the appellant was denied an attorney to represent him in the habeas corpus proceeding. This court has repeatedly held that a habeas corpus proceeding is not such a criminal proceeding as comes within the constitutional guarantee of…