Case Name: BLALOCK v. CORPE, Superintendent of Battey State Hospital
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1959-05-08
Citations: 215 Ga. 61
Docket Number: 20449
Parties: BLALOCK v. CORPE, Superintendent of Battey State Hospital.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 215
Pages: 61–62

Head Matter:
20449.
BLALOCK v. CORPE, Superintendent of Battey State Hospital.

Opinion:
Wyatt, Presiding Justice.
Notice of the escape from custody of the defendant having been brought to this court by affidavit of the proper officer, and counsel for the defendant having admitted in this court that the defendant has escaped from custody and is now at large, under the authority of many cases of this court, the writ of error must be dismissed. See Gentry v. State, 91 Ga. 669 (17 S. E. 956), and Ramsey v. State, 212 Ga. 793 (96 S. E. 2d 250).
Submitted April 14, 1959
Decided May 8, 1959.
Hugh J. Martin, for plaintiff in error.
Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Hamilton B. Stephens, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.
WHt of error dismissed.
All the Justices concur.