Allen v. Ricketts

Ingram, Justice.

This habeas corpus appeal from Butts Superior Court raises due process issues growing out of appellant’s transfer, without a hearing, from the state’s juvenile institutional system to the penal system of the state. The issues here are similar but not identical to those encountered in Carrindine v. Ricketts, 236 Ga. 283, a companion case decided on this date. Unlike Carrindine, this appellant, after pleading guilty in Fulton Superior Court, on February 8, 1973, to robbery by intimidation, aggravated assault and two related misdemeanor offenses, was not given a criminal sentence…