BURKE v. RAINES

No. A-13079.

365 P.2d 838 (1961)

John E. BURKE, Petitioner, v. Robert R. RAINES, Warden Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

October 18, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Burke, pro se.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Lewis A. Wallace, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


BUSSEY, Judge.

This is an original proceeding for a writ of habeas corpus brought by John E. Burke, wherein he alleges he is illegally restrained of his liberty by the warden of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, by virtue of a judgment and sentence of the District Court of Haskell County, Oklahoma, of twenty-five years upon his conviction by a jury on a charge of robbery in the first degree. He alleges the judgment and sentence...

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