Moore v. Dutton

Nichous, Justice.

Robert Felton Moore was convicted of murder without a recommendation of mercy and on appeal his conviction was affirmed. Moore v. State, 222 Ga. 748 (152 SE2d 570). Thereafter, he filed a habeas corpus petition in which he sought his release because of the admission in evidence of a confession allegedly illegally obtained, the denial of counsel and because of the alleged unconstitutional “makeup” of the traverse jury. The trial court hearing the issue thus made remanded the prisoner to the warden of the state penitentiary and it is from this judgment that the prisoner…