Legal Opinion
In Re Prisoners Awaiting Transfer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 16, 1976No. 30665PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Justice.
The State Board of Corrections, Allen L. Ault, as Director of Corrections, and the Department of Offender Rehabilitation appeal from an order entered by Judge George A. Horkan, Jr., of the Southern Judicial Circuit, on his own motion.
The order appealed from states in "Whereas” clauses that the Director of Corrections and the Department of Offender Rehabilitation are not obtaining prisoners from the Colquitt County Jail within a reasonable time and that some prisoners have been waiting for as long as from four to six months, after sentence, before being taken into the state…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Darden v. RavanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Coweta Bonding Co. v. CarterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- Potts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Howington v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
3Cited by17 opinions
- Willie Santonio Manders v. Thurman LeeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- In Re IrvinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- State Ex Rel. Olson v. MaxwellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1977
- Pitts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- Rewis v. BrowningCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
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