Hardin v. Hopper

Gary Hardin was convicted in the Superior Court of Bartow County for four offenses of receiving stolen property and was sentenced by the jury to four years imprisonment on each indictment, such sentences to be served consecutively. Thereafter, the present petition for *140habeas corpus was filed and the present appeal instituted after petitioner being remanded to the custody of the warden of the Georgia State Prison.

Argued May 10, 1976 Decided June 24, 1976.

1. The prisoner contends that he did not have a direct appeal from his conviction, that there was no waiver of such right on his part, and…