Byrd v. Hopper

234 Ga. 248 (1975)

215 S.E.2d 251

BYRD

v.

HOPPER.

129809.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued April 14, 1975.

Decided April 22, 1975.

James C. Bonner, Jr., Thomas M. West, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Lois Oakley, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

NICHOLAS, Chief Justice.

Petitioner is presently confined under a five-year sentence imposed for motor vehicle theft. He did not appeal his conviction. His petition for habeas corpus relief complained solely of a portion of the convicting court's charge to the jury that recent possession by petitioner of the goods taken "if not…