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Hunter v. State

Hunter v. the State

Hunter v. State, 399 S.E.2d 921 (Ga. 1991)
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Court
Supreme Court of Georgia · State Highest Courts
Decided
January 31, 1991
Docket
No. S90A1525
Judges
Benham
Citations
399 S.E.2d 921260 Ga. 762
Cited by 17 3 descriptions by later courts

Opinion — Benham

*762 Benham, Justice.

This appeal is from the denial of relief sought in a pleading entitled “Motion for Out-of-Time Appeal.” Appellant entered a guilty plea in 1974 in Schley County to six offenses, one of them being murder. In 1988, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in Tattnall County where appellant was incarcerated and including as one of its grounds the allegedly ineffective assistance of counsel, was denied. In 1990, appellant filed the pleading which led to this appeal, but he filed it in Schley County, where he entered his guilty plea. The ground on which he claimed entitlement to an out-of-time appeal was that his appointed counsel in the 1974 prosecution failed to file an appeal even though appellant asked him to do so. The trial court in the present action held that appellant’s claim was barred by the adverse ruling on the same issue in the 1988 habeas action.

An out of time appeal occasionally is appropriate where, due to ineffective assistance of counsel, no appeal has been taken. [Cit.] That is not the case here.

[Williams v. State, 251 Ga. 83 ( 303 SE2d 111 ) (1983).]

That is not the case here because the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel was decided adversely to appellant in the 1988 habeas action and that judgment is conclusive on the issue.

Wells v. Keith, 213 Ga. 858 ( 102 SE2d 533 ) (1958). The trial court was correct in denying appellant’s motion for out-of-time appeal.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 3 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

  • (an earlier habeas corpus judgment ruling that Hunter had received effective assistance of counsel precluded Hunter from relitigating that issue)
    Turpin v. Todd, 493 S.E.2d 900 (Ga. 1997)
  • (habeas court’s finding adverse to defendant concerning lack of direct appeal in defendant’s case is sufficient basis for trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion for out-of-time appeal)
    Simmons v. State, 579 S.E.2d 735 (Ga. 2003)

Cited by 17 cases

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Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Holt v. State421 S.E.2d 131 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992)
  2. Martin v. State492 S.E.2d 307 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997)
  3. Hollins v. State695 S.E.2d 23 (Ga. 2010)
  4. Sessions v. State743 S.E.2d 391 (Ga. 2013)
  5. Rowland v. State452 S.E.2d 756 (Ga. 1995)
  6. Turpin v. Todd493 S.E.2d 900 (Ga. 1997)

Most recent

  1. Sessions v. State743 S.E.2d 391 (Ga. 2013)
  2. Hollins v. State695 S.E.2d 23 (Ga. 2010)
  3. Rehberger v. State600 S.E.2d 635 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004)
  4. Simmons v. State579 S.E.2d 735 (Ga. 2003)
  5. Neisler v. State556 S.E.2d 258 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001)
  6. Walker v. Penn523 S.E.2d 325 (Ga. 1999)

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Authorities cited 2

DepthCaseCited by
Wells v. Keith, 102 S.E.2d 533 (Ga. 1958) 7
Williams v. State, 303 S.E.2d 111 (Ga. 1983) 6

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