Reece v. Pettijohn

Grice, Presiding Justice.

This appeal is from the grant of the appellee’s motion to dismiss the appellant’s petition for habeas corpus on the ground that it failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The appellant contends that the habeas corpus court erred in ruling that he was not entitled to the assistance of counsel at his probation revocation hearing.

In our view the habeas corpus court was correct in this ruling. This court in Dutton v. Willis, 223 Ga. 209 (154 SE2d 221), a full bench decision, held that "The failure to furnish counsel to one convicted of a criminal…