BROOKS v. STATE

3 Div. 54.

133 So.2d 196 (1961)

John D. BROOKS v. STATE.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Brooks, pro se.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Jerry L. Coe, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PRICE, Judge.

John D. Brooks filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus against M. J. Wiman, Warden of Kilby Prison.

The petition sets up "that the purported color of authority by which respondent holds petitioner is that which is contained in a copy of warrant or commitment issued in this court February 25, 1959, wherein it is made to appear petitioner was sentenced to a term of twelve (12) years under three indictments charging burglary and grand larceny...

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