Legal Opinion

Merneigh v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 20, 1967No. 24021PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

This appeal is from the denial of appellant’s so-called “extraordinary motion to vacate and set aside sentence and judgment” entered pursuant to a specified indictment. He had plead guilty to the crime of robbery by force and intimidation and on May 15, 1965, was sentenced by the Superior Court of Fulton County to a term of 15 years. Later, on February 1, 1967, he transmitted to that court the document above referred to.

This document, filed by the appellant himself, is more like a brief than a motion or petition, since it contains statements of issues of law, argument and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wilcoxon v. AldredgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  2. McBurnett v. WarrenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Gude v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972

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