Free Writ of Habeas Corpus Application - Georgia

INMATE FORM FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS INSTRUCTIONS ­ READ CAREFULLY
(NOTE: O.C.G.A. §9-10-14(a) requires the proper use of this form, and failure to use this form as required will result in the clerk of any court refusing to accept the action for filing.)

1. Any action filed by an inmate of a state or local penal or correctional institution against the state or a local government or against any agency or officer of a state or local government must be filed on the appropriate form or forms promulgated by the Administrative Office of the Courts of Georgia. 2. This application must be legibly handwritten or typewritten, and signed by the petitioner. Any false statement of a material fact may serve as the basis for prosecution for perjury. All questions must be answered concisely in the proper space on the form. 3. Any inmate may submit with the complaint or other initial pleading any additional matter in any form if the pleading includes the form or forms attaches hereto. Material attached to the forms should be legibly handwritten, typewritten, or copied. 4. Upon receipt of the appropriate filing fee or if permission to proceed in forma pauperis has been granted, your petition will be filed if it is in proper order. 5. If the inmate wishes to file an affidavit of indigency, it must be accompanied by a certification from the institution wherein the inmate is incarcerated that the financial statement correctly states the amount of funds in any and all custodial accounts held with the institution. 6. O.C.G.A. §42-12-1 et seq. provides that an inmate's institutional account shall be frozen, and funds seized for court costs and fees. Additionally, the filing of frivolous litigation shall result in a deduction from the account. 7. Any action brought pursuant to this article shall be filed within one year in the case of a misdemeanor, except as otherwise provided in Code Section 40-13-33, or within four years in the case of a felony, other than one challenging a conviction for which a death sentence has been imposed or challenging a sentence of death. O.C.G.A. §9-14-42(c). 8. Any Inmate Form for Writ of Habeas Corpus which does not conform to these instructions will be returned with a notation as to the deficiency. 9. These forms may be obtained at the Administrative Office of the Courts' website (http://www.georgiacourts.org/forms.html#inmate) or from the Administrative Office of the Courts through the head of the institution in which the inmate is incarcerated.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ___________________________ STATE OF GEORGIA

____________________________________ , Petitioner ____________________________________ , Inmate Number vs. ____________________________________ , Warden ____________________________________ , Respondent
(Name of Institution where you are now located)

Civil Action No. _________________________

Habeas Corpus

APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS PART I: BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON YOUR CONVICTION
1. Name, county, and court which entered the judgment of conviction under attack: _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Date of conviction: _________________________________________________________________ (Please Note: O.G.C.A. § 9-14-42(c) mandates that applications for writ of habeas corpus must be filed within a certain time. Please see Instructions (7) for more information.) 3. Length of sentence(s): _______________________________________________________________ 4. Were you sentenced on more than one count of an indictment, or on more than one indictment, in the same court and at the same time? Yes No 5. Name of offense(s). List all counts: _____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What was your plea? Please check one: Guilty Guilty but mentally ill Nolo contendere Not guilty If you entered a guilty plea to one count or indictment, and a not guilty or nolo contendere plea to another count or indictment, give details: ________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Kind of trial. Please check one: Jury Judge only 8. Did you testify at the trial?
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9. Did you appeal from the conviction? 10. If you did appeal, answer the following:

Yes

No

Name of appellate court to which you appealed: __________________________________________ Result of appeal: ________________________ Date of result: ___________________________ 11. Other than a direct appeal from the judgment of conviction and sentence, have you previously filed any petitions, applications, or motions with respect to this conviction in any state or federal court? Yes No 12. If you answer to 11 was "Yes," give the following information: (Note: If more than three petitions, please use a separate sheet of paper and use the same format to list them.) A. Name of court and case number: ____________________________________________________ What kind of case or action was this? ________________________________________________ All grounds raised (attach extra sheet of paper if necessary) : _____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Did a judge hear the case? Yes No Did witnesses testify? Yes No

Name of Judge: _________________________________________________________________ Result: ________________________________________________________________________ Date of Result: _________________________________________________________________ B. As to any second petition, application or motion, give the same information. Name of court and case number: ____________________________________________________ What kind of case or action was this? ________________________________________________ All grounds raised (attach extra sheet of paper if necessary) : _____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Did a judge hear the case? Yes No Did witnesses testify? Yes No

Name of Judge: _________________________________________________________________ Result: ________________________________________________________________________ Date of Result: _________________________________________________________________ C. As to any third petition, application or motion, give the same information. Name of court and case number: ____________________________________________________ What kind of case or action was this? ________________________________________________ All grounds raised (attach extra sheet of paper if necessary) : _____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
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Did a judge hear the case?

Yes

No

Did witnesses testify?

Yes

No

Name of Judge: _________________________________________________________________ Result: ________________________________________________________________________ Date of Result: _________________________________________________________________ D. Did you appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court or the Georgia Court of Appeals from the result taken on any petition, application, or motion listed above? First petition, application or motion: Second petition, application or motion: Third petition, application or motion: Yes Yes Yes No No No

E. If you did not appeal from the denial of relief on any petition, application or motion, explain briefly why you did not: __________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ F. If you appealed to the highest state court having jurisdiction, did you file a petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court to review the denial of your petition by the Georgia Supreme Court or the Georgia Court of Appeals? Yes No 13. Do you have any petition or appeal now pending in any court, either state or federal, as to the conviction under attack? Yes No 14. Give the name and address, if known, of each attorney who represented you in the following stages of the judgment attacked herein: At preliminary hearing: _____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ At arraignment and plea: ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ At trial: __________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ At sentencing: ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ On appeal: _______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ In any post-conviction proceeding: ____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ On appeal from any adverse ruling in a post-conviction proceeding: __________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Do you have any other sentence, either state or federal, to serve after you complete the sentence imposed by the conviction under attack? Yes No

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If so, give the name and location of the court(s) which impose any other sentence: _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ State the date and length of any other sentence to be served: _________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Have you filed, or do you contemplate filing, any petition attacking the judgment(s) which imposed any other sentence? Yes No

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PART II: STATEMENT OF YOUR CLAIMS
State concisely every ground on which you no claim that you are being held unlawfully. Summarize briefly the facts supporting each ground. In necessary, you may attach pages stating additional grounds and facts supporting the same. 1. GROUND ONE: ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ SUPPORTING FACTS. (Tell your story briefly without citing cases or law): _______________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. GROUND TWO: ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ SUPPORTING FACTS. (Tell your story briefly without citing cases or law): _______________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. GROUND THREE: ____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ SUPPORTING FACTS. (Tell your story briefly without citing cases or law): _______________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. GROUND FOUR: _____________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ SUPPORTING FACTS. (Tell your story briefly without citing cases or law): _______________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________

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PART III: OTHER CLAIMS NOT PRESENTED TO A COURT BEFORE THIS
If any of the grounds listed in PART II were not previously presented in any other court, state or federal, state briefly what grounds were not so presented, and give your reasons for not presenting them: _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________

Wherefore, petitioner prays that the Court grant relief to which the petitioner may be entitled in this proceeding.

______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Signature and Address of Petitioner's Attorney (if any attorney)

_____________ Date

I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing statements made in this Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus are true and correct. Executed on _______________________ Date

_____________________________________________ Signature of Petitioner
Sworn to and subscribed before me this _______ day of ______________, 20____. ___________________________________________________ Notary Public or Other Person Authorized to Administer Oaths

Please note that under O.C.G.A. §9-14-45 service of a petition of habeas corpus shall be made upon the person having custody of the petitioner. If you are being detained under the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections, an additional copy of the petition must be served on the Attorney General of Georgia. If you are being detained under the custody of some authority other than the Georgia Department of Corrections, an additional copy of the petition must be served upon the district attorney of the county in which the petition is filed. Service upon the Attorney General or the district attorney may be had by mailing a copy of the petition and a proper certificate of service.

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