RICHARDSON v. HAND

No. 40,746

182 Kan. 326 (1958)

320 P.2d 837

TONY RICHARDSON, Petitioner, v. TRACY HAND, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 25, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony Richardson, pro se.

Charles N. Henson, Jr., assistant attorney general, argued the cause and John Anderson, Jr., attorney general, was with him on the brief for the respondent.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HALL, J.:

This is an original proceeding for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

On January 22, 1957, the judge of the Probate Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, entered an order granting a Writ of Habeas Corpus. The respondent made due return to this writ. On February 13, 1957, an order was entered in the probate court dissolving the writ and remanding petitioner to the custody of respondent. On March 5, 1957, the...

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