Legal Opinion
Balkcom v. Townsend
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 18, 1964No. 22258PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Head, Presiding Justice.
Troy W. Townsend filed his petition for habeas corpus against R. P. Balkcom, Warden. The petitioner alleged that he had been denied due process of law under the State and Federal Constitutions in that he had been denied counsel at the time he was sentenced in the Superior Court of Muscogee County in June, 1960. At the conclusion of the hearing the trial judge ordered that the respondent deliver the petitioner to the authorities of Muscogee County “so that he may be afforded legal counsel in the charges” against him. The respondent warden excepts to this judgment.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. DuelSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Perry v. McLendonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
- Fair v. BalkcomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1961
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Troy Wayne Townsend v. A. L. Dutton, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Balkcom v. SoutherlandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Board of Pardons & Paroles v. BridgesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997