GAFFORD v. BUCHANAN


286 S.W.2d 904 (1956)

Charles E. GAFFORD, Appellant, v. W. Jess BUCHANAN, Warden, State Penitentiary, Eddyville, Ky., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Gafford, pro se.

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


STANLEY, Commissioner.

The appellant, Charles E. Gafford, is confined in the Eddyville penitentiary under a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court rendered at its September, 1950, term, sentencing him to confinement for life for the crime of armed robbery. He appeals from a judgment of the Lyon Circuit Court dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus.

The petition charges that the judgment of conviction is void because the indictment was returned by...

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