Legal Opinion

Lenear v. Hopper

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 6, 1975No. 29638Published

1Opinion of the Court

Gunter, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment that remanded appellant to custody in a pro se habeas corpus case. On March 27, 1972, appellant was sentenced to five years in prison for possession of narcotics after pleading guilty in the Superior Court of Richmond County. Appellant *339argues that his confinement pursuant to that sentence is illegal in that the state permanently waived jurisdiction over him by delivering him to the State of Tennessee on July 18, 1973.

Submitted February 3, 1975 Decided May 6, 1975. William T. Lenear, pro se. Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, David L. G. King,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People Ex Rel. Pring v. RobinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1951

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