OWEN v. COMMONWEALTH


280 S.W.2d 524 (1955)

William Wallace OWEN, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky et al., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 17, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Wallace Owen, pro se.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., W. Owen Keller, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

William Wallace Owen, confined in the state penitentiary under a sentence of life imprisonment without privilege of parole, upon conviction of rape, sought release through petition to the Lyon Circuit Court for a writ of habeas corpus, maintaining that his conviction was void. The court dismissed his petition, and he has appealed. He is proceeding without benefit of counsel.

His petition alleges that he was convicted and sentenced in...

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