Legal Opinion
Fair v. Balkcom
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 6, 1961No. 21184PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
James Fair, Jr., assigned as error the dismissal of his habeas corpus petition and his consequent remand to the respondent R. P. Balkcom, warden of Reidsville State Prison. The proceedings, filed in the City Court of Reidsville, complained that petitioner was denied his constitutional rights to the benefit of counsel and reasonable time to prepare his case when, after entering a plea of guilty, he was sentenced by the Judge of the Superior Court of Early County, Georgia, to be electrocuted for the murder of an eight year old negro girl in Blakely, Georgia.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Griffin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Delk v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
- Reliford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Charlon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Chapel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Stanley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Ernest Whippler v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden, Georgia, State Prison, Reidsville, Tattnall County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Sims v. BalkcomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Carnes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
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