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MERCER v. COMMONWEALTH

346 S.W.2d 761 (1961)

Gordon MERCER, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky et al., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 19, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon E. Mercer, LaGrange, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., John B. Browning, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

BIRD, Chief Justice.

The trial court dismissed Gordon Mercer's petition for writ of habeas corpus. He appeals.

He was convicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court under the Habitual Criminal Act, KRS 431.190. His punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. Here, as in the trial court, he contends that the Habitual Criminal Act violates various provisions of both state and federal constitutions and that his imprisonment is therefore wrongful.

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