Grammer v. Balkcom

Oct 9, 1959
20634
Reporters:
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Before:
Duckworth
Duckworth, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff in error sought by habeas corpus to secure his discharge ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‍from prison, where he is serving a sentence of 5 to 10 years on his plea of guilty to an indictment in Cobb Superior Court charging him with ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‍incestuous adultery with his 13-year old daughter, on the grounds: (a) that: he was mentally irresponsible for the acts charged, and (b) he was incapable of understanding what ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‍he was doing, and was without counsel when he entered the plea of guilty. This record of the evidence and pleadings comprises 127 pages, and the evidence ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‍is in conflict on the contentions of the petitioner; hence we can not hold that the trial judge abused his discretion in resolving the issues against the petitioner ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‍and in remanding him to the custody of the warden.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.