Legal Opinion
James v. Hight
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 8, 1983No. 40043PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Presiding Justice.
Alfred J. Hight, while incarcerated at the Metro Correctional Institute in Atlanta, filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus in the DeKalb Superior Court.
The respondent, the Metro warden, filed a motion to dismiss under OCGA § 9-14-51 (Code Ann. § 50-127) on the ground that this is a successive habeas petition.
Pending the superior court’s ruling on this motion, the petitioner was transferred from Metro to Augusta Correctional Institute.
Later, the superior court entered an order requiring the petitioner to be returned from Augusta, which has no law library,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Smith v. GarnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Portis v. EvansSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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