Case Name: STATE OF GEORGIA v. COLACK
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 2003-03-27
Citations: 276 Ga. 396
Docket Number: S03A0451
Parties: STATE OF GEORGIA v. COLACK.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 276
Pages: 396–396

Head Matter:
S03A0451.
STATE OF GEORGIA v. COLACK.
(578 SE2d 893)
Decided March 27, 2003.
Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Elizabeth L. Jaeger, Thomas N. Davis, Jr., Assistant District Attorneys, for appellant.
Henderson & Lipscomb, David S. Lipscomb, for appellee.

Opinion:
Sears, Presiding Justice.
Because the habeas court improperly granted relief to Colack before the habeas petition was served on the State and without the benefit of a hearing on the merits of the petition, the habeas court's judgment is reversed and the case is remanded to the habeas court for a full hearing.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur.
See Gaither v. Gibby, 267 Ga. 96, 97 (475 SE2d 603) (1996).