Watts v. Grimes

Mobley, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fulton County denying the writ of habeas corpus to Alice Watts, who had been convicted of a felony (shoplifting) and sentenced to serve five years. Her contention is that she is being illegally detained because the trial judge denied bail to her pending her appeal. Held:

Section 7 of the Appellate Practice Act (Ga. L. 1965, pp. 18, 22; Code Ann. § 6-1001) provides: “In all criminal cases, the notice of appeal filed as heretofore provided, shall serve as supersedeas in all cases where a sentence of death has been…