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234 Ga. 409

Heard v. Allen

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 13, 1975

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1975-05-13

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently June 1981

2 state decisions

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Decided 1975-05-13

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Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

¶1Robert Jerome Heard filed a petition for the writ of mandamus against Willis I. Allen, Clerk of the Wilkinson Superior Court seeking to obtain a copy of his trial transcript in order to pursue an appeal. The mandamus petition was not sanctioned by the trial court because the convictions were being appealed by appellant’s court-appointed attorney who had in his possession all of the requested records.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.Submitted May 5, 1975Decided May 13, 1975.Robert Jerome Heard, pro se.Joseph B. Duke, District Attorney, for appellee.
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