RUTLEDGE v. HUDSPETH

No. 38,502

171 Kan. 738 (1951)

237 P.2d 250

RALPH D. RUTLEDGE, Appellant, v. R.H. HUDSPETH, Warden, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 10, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph D. Rutledge was on the briefs pro se.

Harold R. Fatzer, attorney general, and Willis H. McQueary, assistant attorney general, were on the briefs for the appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

WERTZ, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court denying appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This is the second time appellant has been before this court seeking a writ of habeas corpus for his release from the Kansas State Penitentiary where he is serving a sentence of confinement at hard labor for the duration of his natural life. No necessity exists for detailing the allegations of the...

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