McAuliffe v. Rutledge

Jordan, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court in a habeas corpus case.

On the prior appearance of this case in this court, McAuliffe v. Rutledge, 231 Ga. 1 (200 SE2d 100), this court passed on certain enumerations of error from a habeas corpus hearing in which the appellant was remanded to the custody of the sheriff, and then raised the question of "whether the appellant has been denied effective assistance of counsel on appeal resulting in a denial of his right of appeal on the merits of the criminal case.” We directed the trial court to conduct an evidentiary hearing…