Wiggins v. Hopper

Nichols, Chief Justice.

The appeal in this case is from a judgment remanding Charles H. Wiggins to the custody of the warden of the Georgia State Prison on the hearing of a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The prisoner makes two contentions in this court, to wit: (1) That his constitutional rights were violated when he was tried in prison garb for the offenses of escape and armed robbery; and (2) His appointed counsel was incompetent.

1. Where, as in this case, the prisoner was being tried for the offense of escape and for the offense of armed robbery by intimidation of a prison guard during…