MATTHEWS v. RAINES

No. A-12932.

356 P.2d 783 (1960)

Dero MATTHEWS, Petitioner, v. Robert R. RAINES, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

November 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dero Matthews, petitioner, pro se.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Owen J. Watts, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


POWELL, Presiding Judge.

Dero Matthews seeks release from the State Penitentiary at McAlester by way of writ of habeas corpus. Prisoner is confined by reason of a judgment and sentence of the district court of Tulsa County, case No. 13,249, dated October 5, 1948, based on the verdict of a jury wherein petitioner was found guilty of the crime of attempted first degree rape, second offense, and punishment fixed at a term of...

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