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CUNNINGHAM v. HOFFMAN

No. 40,113

179 Kan. 609 (1956)

296 P.2d 1081

JACK CUNNINGHAM, Petitioner, v. A.H. HOFFMAN, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, State of Kansas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 5, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Cunningham, pro se.

John Anderson, Jr., attorney general, and Robert J. Roth, assistant attorney general, were on the brief for the respondent.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

WERTZ, J.:

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus. The petition for the writ, in substance, alleged that petitioner is being held illegally and restrained by respondent A.H. Hoffman, Warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary, in direct violation of his constitutional rights. Petitioner contends (1) that the second amended information upon which he was tried was not...

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