Legal Opinion

Ferguson v. Freeman

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 4, 2007No. S07A0326PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENHAM, Justice.

Charles E. Ferguson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to contest his pre-trial confinement. The habeas corpus court denied relief in an order entered August 9, 2006. The record contains a notice of appeal from that order with a certificate of service dated August 25, 2006, but the notice was marked filed on September 25, 2006. The notice of appeal from the August 9 order had been returned to Ferguson by the habeas corpus court clerk with an undated form stating that the notice of appeal was not filed because it lacked a designation of the appellate court to which…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Savage v. NewsomeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  2. Jim Ellis Atlanta, Inc. v. AdamsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  3. Johnson v. BarnesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Massaline v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  5. Fulton County v. Congregation of Anshei ChesedSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002

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3Cited by42 opinions

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  5. Roberts v. CooperSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010

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