Legal Opinion

Story v. Ault

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 1, 1976No. 31644PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ingram, Justice.

Appellant, a prisoner at the State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia, sought a writ of mandamus in Fulton Superior Court to require the respondent to restore appellant’s statutory and earned good time (see Code Ann. § 77-320) which had been forfeited by the Corrections Department. The trial court denied relief and appellant contends this was error as his good time was taken in contravention of the standards set out in Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U. S. 538 (94 SC 2963, 41 LE2d 935) (1974), and Mincey v. Hopper, 233 Ga. 378 (211 SE2d 283) (1974). We find no merit in this contention and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mincey v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Moore v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Pruitt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  2. Horne v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977

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