Legal Opinion

Hunter v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 31, 1991No. S90A1525PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Justice.

This appeal is from the denial of relief sought in a pleading entitled “Motion for Out-of-Time Appeal.” Appellant entered a guilty plea in 1974 in Schley County to six offenses, one of them being murder. In 1988, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in Tattnall County where appellant was incarcerated and including as one of its grounds the allegedly ineffective assistance of counsel, was denied. In 1990, appellant filed the pleading which led to this appeal, but he filed it in Schley County, where he entered his guilty plea. The ground on which he claimed entitlement…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wells v. KeithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Rowland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  2. Turpin v. ToddSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  3. Henderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  4. Simmons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  5. Morrow v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995

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