GRIFFIN v. HAND

No. 42,080

187 Kan. 350 (1960)

356 P.2d 812

ARTHUR GRIFFIN, Petitioner, v. TRACY A. HAND, Warden, State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 12, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Richard Foth, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause, and John Anderson, Jr., Attorney General, was with him on the brief for the respondent.

Petitioner was on the brief pro se.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRICE, J.:

Petitioner, now confined in the state penitentiary, seeks his release in this original proceeding in habeas corpus.

The point involved in the case concerns the provision relating to the waiver of counsel found in G.S. 1949, 62-1304 — and, as amended — see G.S. 1959 Supp. 62-1304.

The facts shown by the record are as follows:

On October 1, 1959, petitioner, Arthur Griffin...

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