Legal Opinion
Richardson v. Hall
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 6, 1945No. 15220PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Chief Justice.
It appears from the petition that the petitioner, who had been indicted in the superior court of DeKalb County for a misdemeanor, filed a special plea of insanity, and that, on a verdict sustaining the plea, he was adjudged to be insane and committed to the State Hospital at Milledgeville, on June 13, 1944. On April 25, 1945, he filed the present petition for the writ of habeas corpus against the sheriff, jailor, and deputy sheriff of DeKalb County, alleging, among other things, that for seven weeks he had been at work at the home of his father at Stone Mountain, Georgia.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Miller v. WallaceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- Chapin v. CummingsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- State ex rel. Martin v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1918
- King v. McLean Asylum of the Massachusetts General HospitalCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1894
- Kennedy v. MearaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Johnson v. PlunkettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
- Ross v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Balkcom v. CratonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Strickland v. PeacockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
- West v. HatcherSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
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