FERGUSON v. HOFFMAN

Nos. 40,291 and 40,297

180 Kan. 139 (1956)

299 P.2d 596

PERRY W. FERGUSON, Appellant, v. ARTHUR J. HOFFMAN, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant was on the briefs pro se.

Robert J. Roth, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and John Anderson, Jr., attorney general, was with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ROBB, J.:

Case No. 40,291 is an appeal from an order of the district court of Leavenworth county denying appellant's (hereinafter called plaintiff) petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Case No. 40,297 is an original proceeding in this court in which plaintiff filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus also. Appellee, hereinafter referred to as the state, moved for consolidation...

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