Hammock v. Zant

Jordan, Justice.

Sterling Hammock, the petitioner, was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for "conspiracy to commit a crime” under Code Ann. § 79A-812 (Supp. 1979). Hammock v. State, 146 Ga. App. 339 (246 SE2d 392) (1978). Code Ann § 79A-812 provides that "Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense defined in this Chapter shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding the maximum punishment proscribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.”

In the present petition for writ of habeas corpus, the petitioner argues that Code…