West v. Hopper

Ingram, Justice.

Appellant raises three issues in this appeal from the denial of habeas corpus relief by a judgment of the Superior Court of Tattnall County.

The first of these issues is that appellant was denied the right to appeal his 1967 conviction for robbery in Fulton Superior Court because he was not advised by counsel of his right to appeal. This issue is moot as appellant was given an out-of-time appeal to this court from his earlier conviction and was represented in that appeal by competent and effective counsel. West v. State, 229 Ga. 427 (192 SE2d 163) (1972).

The second contention…