Legal Opinion
Balkcom v. Vickers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 30, 1964No. 22578PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
For review here is a habeas corpus judgment sustaining the petitioner’s contention that he was denied the right of counsel upon his sentencing. The petitioner, Walter K. Vickers, filed a petition in the City Court of Reidsville against R. P. Balkcom, Warden of the State penitentiary, asserting that his sentence for burglary, rendered by the Superior Court of Butts County in 1959, was void for denial of such right. The warden’s response controverted that assertion.
The bill of exceptions recites that upon the trial of that issue the petitioner testified categorically, “I didn’t…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
- Carmichael Tile Co. v. McClellandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Fair v. BalkcomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1961
- Todd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
- Ernest Whippler v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden, Georgia, State Prison, Reidsville, Tattnall County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Kingston Development Co. v. KenerlyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- Cooper v. RosserSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. Georgia Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
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