Hollis v. Allen

Hall, Justice.

By habeas corpus petition filed in Carroll County Superior Court on February 20, 1974, Hollis challenged the legality of a certain prison sentence imposed upon him in 1973 in Cobb County for burglary. He alleged that he was denied counsel in that felony proceeding. To date, the merits of this claim have received no consideration.

In response to that petition, at the evidentiary hearing held thereon the respondent introduced evidence of unexpired Douglas County sentences Hollis was then serving and which he did not attack. Respondent argued that under Mullennix v. Balkcom, 213 Ga.…