Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 9, 1972No. 27006PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
This review is occasioned by the denial of a petition seeking the writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner Johnny B. Johnson filed in the Superior Court of Tattnall County his petition against the respondent E. R. Caldwell, Warden of the Georgia State Prison, asserting that his de tention was illegal for specified reasons. The petitioner had been indicted by the grand jury of Worth County for the murder of a police officer and had been tried, found guilty without a recommendation of mercy, and sentenced to death by the superior court of that county. He filed a motion for new trial…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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