APPLICATION OF HOUSE

No. 45.

352 P.2d 131 (1960)

Application of Bernard G. HOUSE, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred D. Crane and Warren A. Taylor, Fairbanks, for petitioner.

George M. Yeager, Asst. U.S. Atty., Fairbanks, James R. Clouse, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Anchorage, and William Taylor, State Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, for respondent.


NESBETT, Chief Justice.

The question presented by a show cause order why a writ of habeas corpus should not issue, and an intervening motion by the United States to dismiss the Order, is whether the status of petitioner is such that an Alaska state court or judicial officer thereof has no jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus.

Petitioner was tried, convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment without hard labor by the...

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