Legal Opinion
Fullwood v. Sivley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 1, 1999No. S99H0240PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
On February 22, 1988, Fullwood entered a guilty plea in the *249Superior Court of Crisp County to a charge of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute. The trial court accepted the plea and imposed a ten-year first offender probated sentence. In February of 1998, Fullwood attempted to file a pro se habeas corpus petition in Crisp County, challenging his 1988 conviction. On February 17,1998, the habeas court, citing OCGA § 9-15-2, denied filing of the petition on the ground that venue was not proper in Crisp County. As with any other order of a lower court, the merits of the…
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