GOFORTH v. RAINES

No. A-13005.

361 P.2d 304 (1961)

Leonard GOFORTH, Petitioner, v. Robert R. RAINES, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

April 12, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Goforth, petitioner, pro se.

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


BRETT, Judge.

This case originates in this Court by an application of the petitioner, Leonard Goforth, for the purpose of securing his release from confinement in the State Penitentiary at McAlester by writ of habeas corpus.

The Attorney General has filed a response on behalf of the Warden, attaching copy of the judgment and sentence and a copy of petitioner's prison record; and we have examined the files in the office...

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