Givens v. Dutton

Grice, Justice.

A petitioner in a habeas corpus proceeding claiming denial of counsel received a judgment adverse to him and brought this appeal. George L. Givens instituted the proceeding in the City Court of Reidsville against A. L. Dutton, Warden of the Georgia State Prison. His claim pertains to his counsel’s failure to appeal from denial of his motion for new trial and to his being without counsel when such motion was also later dismissed. It is predicated upon specified provisions of the Federal and State Constitutions, embodied in Code §§ 1-805, 1-806, 1-815 and Code Ann. §§ 2-102,…