Case Name: BAKER v. TANNER
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1974-01-28
Citations: 231 Ga. 723
Docket Number: 28503
Parties: BAKER v. TANNER.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Gunter, J., who dissents.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 231
Pages: 723–723

Head Matter:
28503.
BAKER v. TANNER.
Submitted December 14, 1973
Decided January 28, 1974
Rehearing denied February 18, 1974.
J. S. Baker, pro se.
Dewey Hayes, District Attorney, for appellee.

Opinion:
Undercofler, Justice.
J. S. Baker filed an application for the writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Bacon County against Russell Tanner as sheriff.
The district attorney moved to dismiss the petition because it did not comply with the provisions of Code Ann. § 50-127 in that it did not identify the proceedings in which the petitioner was convicted, give the date of rendition of the final judgment, attach affidavits, records, or other evidence supporting the allegations, was not verified by the oath of the applicant and because it was not served on the district attorney as provided in Code Ann. § 50-127 (4) (Ga. L. 1967, pp. 835, 836).
After a hearing the trial court dismissed the application. The appeal is from that judgment. Held:
Since the application for the writ of habeas corpus did not comply with the requirements of the habeas corpus statute, the trial court did not err in dismissing it.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur, except Gunter, J., who dissents.