Sharpe v. Smith

Grice, Justice.

Milton Sharpe appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court of Tattnall County denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus and remanding him to the custody of Lamont Smith, Warden of Georgia State Prison at Reidsville.

His petition, insofar as necessary to recite here, makes the allegations which follow. He was unlawfully arrested and charged with three offenses of burglary. He was forced to admit the crime by police brutality, was indicted by an illegally selected grand jury, was placed on trial in the Superior Court of Muscogee County without the aid of counsel, and was…